Dennis McKenna
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I mean, there are people who have won Nobel Prizes based on this. Cary Mullis, for example, is famous for, you know, he discovered the PCR. And he's quite out front. He was like LSD, you know. gave me the tools to understand this process that gave me the ability to, as he put it, get down among the molecules and see what was going on.
I mean, there are people who have won Nobel Prizes based on this. Cary Mullis, for example, is famous for, you know, he discovered the PCR. And he's quite out front. He was like LSD, you know. gave me the tools to understand this process that gave me the ability to, as he put it, get down among the molecules and see what was going on.
And so Bruce Dahmer and his colleagues are effectively, they're trying to develop, you know, structured protocols to use psychedelics for this kind of thing, for problems in physics, chemistry, mathematics, and so on. All these people are obviously far-gone nerds, but very, very smart people. And Bruce is just an amazing, amazing person. He's given talks at our ESPD conferences, the last one.
And so Bruce Dahmer and his colleagues are effectively, they're trying to develop, you know, structured protocols to use psychedelics for this kind of thing, for problems in physics, chemistry, mathematics, and so on. All these people are obviously far-gone nerds, but very, very smart people. And Bruce is just an amazing, amazing person. He's given talks at our ESPD conferences, the last one.
And so Bruce Dahmer and his colleagues are effectively, they're trying to develop, you know, structured protocols to use psychedelics for this kind of thing, for problems in physics, chemistry, mathematics, and so on. All these people are obviously far-gone nerds, but very, very smart people. And Bruce is just an amazing, amazing person. He's given talks at our ESPD conferences, the last one.
ESPD is something the McKenna Academy did, the Ethnopharmacologic Search Program. for psychoactive drugs was one of two conferences that we did and the espd 55 was in uh 2022 if people go to the website they can see that you can listen to bruce's talk and all the other talks too you might want to put draw that that conference to people's attention and uh
ESPD is something the McKenna Academy did, the Ethnopharmacologic Search Program. for psychoactive drugs was one of two conferences that we did and the espd 55 was in uh 2022 if people go to the website they can see that you can listen to bruce's talk and all the other talks too you might want to put draw that that conference to people's attention and uh
ESPD is something the McKenna Academy did, the Ethnopharmacologic Search Program. for psychoactive drugs was one of two conferences that we did and the espd 55 was in uh 2022 if people go to the website they can see that you can listen to bruce's talk and all the other talks too you might want to put draw that that conference to people's attention and uh
just just he's an incredibly brilliant mind you know and all the people that he's working with and he also another interesting thing about Bruce is he he he is one of these people that uh You know, he's one of these people that naturally can get into this psychedelic place. He talks about endowaska.
just just he's an incredibly brilliant mind you know and all the people that he's working with and he also another interesting thing about Bruce is he he he is one of these people that uh You know, he's one of these people that naturally can get into this psychedelic place. He talks about endowaska.
just just he's an incredibly brilliant mind you know and all the people that he's working with and he also another interesting thing about Bruce is he he he is one of these people that uh You know, he's one of these people that naturally can get into this psychedelic place. He talks about endowaska.
You know, he seems to be someone that's able to induce psychedelic experiences based on his own neurochemistry. You know. There are people like this. And he told me, he told me, that's why I never took psychedelics for so long, because I didn't really want to disrupt this. You know, I told him, forget it, Bruce, take psychedelics.
You know, he seems to be someone that's able to induce psychedelic experiences based on his own neurochemistry. You know. There are people like this. And he told me, he told me, that's why I never took psychedelics for so long, because I didn't really want to disrupt this. You know, I told him, forget it, Bruce, take psychedelics.
You know, he seems to be someone that's able to induce psychedelic experiences based on his own neurochemistry. You know. There are people like this. And he told me, he told me, that's why I never took psychedelics for so long, because I didn't really want to disrupt this. You know, I told him, forget it, Bruce, take psychedelics.
That's right. That's right. You can do that. And this is where nobody wants to have terrifying experiences, but sometimes it does. This is where set and setting comes in, especially with these strong psychedelics. You have to pay attention to set and setting. I assume that a lot of your terrifying experiences were on cannabis, right?
That's right. That's right. You can do that. And this is where nobody wants to have terrifying experiences, but sometimes it does. This is where set and setting comes in, especially with these strong psychedelics. You have to pay attention to set and setting. I assume that a lot of your terrifying experiences were on cannabis, right?
That's right. That's right. You can do that. And this is where nobody wants to have terrifying experiences, but sometimes it does. This is where set and setting comes in, especially with these strong psychedelics. You have to pay attention to set and setting. I assume that a lot of your terrifying experiences were on cannabis, right?
Cannabis can be very much like a psychedelic at high doses, you know. But set and setting are the key variables. Leary and Mechner and all these people were right back in the 60s. They were talking about it. So setting obviously is โ Setting is where you do it. I mean, you want to do it in a place that you feel comfortable, that you feel safe.
Cannabis can be very much like a psychedelic at high doses, you know. But set and setting are the key variables. Leary and Mechner and all these people were right back in the 60s. They were talking about it. So setting obviously is โ Setting is where you do it. I mean, you want to do it in a place that you feel comfortable, that you feel safe.
Cannabis can be very much like a psychedelic at high doses, you know. But set and setting are the key variables. Leary and Mechner and all these people were right back in the 60s. They were talking about it. So setting obviously is โ Setting is where you do it. I mean, you want to do it in a place that you feel comfortable, that you feel safe.