• Fuck spez
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    108 days ago

    Seriously, though… Is there some fractal geometry to the way our neurons are interconnected/communicating that’s responsible for producing the kinds of visuals we see under the influence of certain substances? Or do we still have way too much to learn about the brain before we answer questions like that?

    • @photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 days ago

      It’s more that many fundamental laws of our reality are fractal-like and as we impair our critical thinking functions and neural circuits with psychedelic drugs, these underlying layers are revealed.

      That’s my theory, anyway. Based on nothing but vibes.

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        17 days ago

        I vibe with those vibes.

        The machine elves, though…

        • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          27 days ago

          Ain’t no machine elves… Terrence McKenna just had a wild imagination.

          It’s just some cool looking shit that our brains make.

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            17 days ago

            I mean, yeah. I don’t think there’s anything supernatural going on, like making contact with other life forms in some alternate plane of reality or whatever. But it is curious that lots of people report seeing the same sorts of things under the influence of various psychedelics. All I’m saying is that there is an explanation to be found, even if it ultimately ends up being disappointing. At least until then, I feel like it’s going to remain interesting to me.

            • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              27 days ago

              I don’t think the explanation of, “it’s all just crazy shit that your brain is making” is disappointing at all. I think it’s fascinating.

  • HEXN3T
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    218 days ago

    I’ve actually seen fractals before and it’s the most interesting thing ever

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      I once experienced the carpet morphing into a fractalized Aztec mandala, which I then fell into and spiraled downwards through into a vast lime colored underground sea in a cavern full of purple bats.

      This happened while I was trying to have sex (amazingly, we succeeded, it helped that my wife was sober).

    • @Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      57 days ago

      IT IS THE MOST AMAZING

      I have seen then on the brushed aluminum of my laptop at the time on regular (large dose) LSD… and I certainly see them (and strings connecting the present to the “future” on n,n-DMT.

  • @umbraroze@lemmy.world
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    37 days ago

    There was some 1990s documentary about fractals, narrated by Arthur C. Clarke (I think), where he said something along the lines of “I’ve not tried this myself, but I’ve been told there’s certain illegal chemicals that can cause hallucinations that look like fractals”.

    (I have this on VHS tape somewhere. Should probably digitise it.)