In doing research on my in-process book , Memes for the Creation of a New Culture, by doing some Googling, I found longish but well worth it essay, The problems with beliefs by Jim Walker on his website, nobeliefs.com. Walker explores the concept of beliefs all the way from their origins to their implications. The essence of his conclusions about beliefs is, don’t have them. I am going to discuss this more in the section of my book, Believing in Your Beliefs which I have enhanced and extended recently. After putting the book online, I found that this section really Read more »
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Magnetism and Hallucinated Great Balls of Lightening
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Magnetism and Hallucinations on Sean Kearney's blog Bionic Brain
Magnetically Induced Hallucinations Explain Ball Lightning, Say Physicists on the Technology Review blog
Sean Kearny sites a post in a blog post which suggests that magnetism may be responsible for people seeing ball lightening in storms. The basis of the speculation is a paper by a physicist on the effects of transcranial stimulation Transcranial stimulation in plain English means that someone's brain is a repeated series of magmatic pulses.
Transcranial stimulation is something I have read a bit about but would certainly not be up for Read more »
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Horizons: perspectives on psychedelics No. 4 Sept 24-26 2020 New York City, NY
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The forth annual edition of the Horizon perspectives on Psychedelic is taking place the last weekend in September as New York transitions to Fall Colors.
The collection of people attending the event is as the late Terence Kennan once called them, the Usual Gang of Suspects.
The event will be held September 24-26, 2010at Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012
Tickets are available through the website address at the top of this post.
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