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Couldn't hope for a more interesting reply! (even if our opinions vary somewhat, I have listened to many of his talks on YT)
That's a fascinating story!
Regrading "
what is to be done??" as he put it, in the macro, I think he was
on point personally.
I don't agree with everything he said or implied but what he stated ad nauseum regarding psilocybin / related tryptamines and/or endogenous botanical compounds, and their place in nature, has indeed since been revealed to have been truthful through extensive (ongoing) research (and then some, already!)
The studies are quite revealing for those with eyes to see.. (
Neurogenesis can occur from psilocin ingestion
)
Should make you wonder why it's still illegal
anywhere if the LD50 is 280mg/kg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eu9GfHCpVoEven if he seemed somewhat pretentious at times, he occupied an unusual position being involved with academia but also a hub for countercultural movement at the time.. I'd say that's a lot to take on and he'd have faced his fair share of stigma I imagine.
(As many of us do for our assertions)
I quote him here despite it being slightly out of place, as I feel he offered a well rounded perspective for the wayward individual.
I would equate Mckenna to the likes of Jung or Watts - Someone who wasn't afraid to "go" where no one else would.
There's knowledge and there's wisdom; serious researchers need both.Knowledge is knowing a Tomato is a fruit
Wisdom is knowing whether or not to put it in a fruit salad!@Paul R
I'd say that even the most articulated cognition can be further refined
In other words, you have to start somewhere!
None of us got into this with all the knowledge prior. We all need somewhere to start.
Even the most flawed and incomplete understanding is valuable as deadwood burns off and the perspective becomes more in tune with reality.
These early steps were most likely taken by even Oppenheimer, or Edison, or Tesla himself.
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