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sowut | 1 year ago

incredibly powerful drug. we should be training a legion of mystics using psilocybin instead of criminalizing it and obfuscating the implications of its use

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worik|1 year ago

> training a legion of mystics

Oh yeah!

But what does that mean?

RALaBarge|1 year ago

Well, we would need the mystics to figure that out for us.

wlonkly|1 year ago

It means a lot of them!

sowut|1 year ago

it means regimented deep psychedelic experiences with focus on particular skills whether it be programming, music, art, writing, or any particular focus area. the results to be discussed, studied, understood, appreciated. almost like a college of psychedelics.

antegamisou|1 year ago

You're like 70 years late

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKUltra

    Project MKUltra was an illegal human experiments program designed and undertaken by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to develop procedures and identify drugs that could be used during interrogations to weaken people and force confessions through brainwashing and psychological torture.

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    The project studied the effects of psychoactive drugs, particularly LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, cocaine, AMT and DMT on people

sowut|1 year ago

except that was a secret government program and humans were used as guinea pigs. that's not what i'm talking about at all