Hamilton Morris
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Yeah, and there was a bizarrely large amount of... that were actually invested into astrology computers during that period in the 1970s, including military funding. Again, so, okay, it's pretty wild. So I actually have the astrology computer, the Digicomp DR70 astrology mini computer that arguably is responsible for the war on drugs. There it is right there. It's a beaut. Wow. The one on the left?
Yeah, and there was a bizarrely large amount of... that were actually invested into astrology computers during that period in the 1970s, including military funding. Again, so, okay, it's pretty wild. So I actually have the astrology computer, the Digicomp DR70 astrology mini computer that arguably is responsible for the war on drugs. There it is right there. It's a beaut. Wow. The one on the left?
Yeah, and there was a bizarrely large amount of... that were actually invested into astrology computers during that period in the 1970s, including military funding. Again, so, okay, it's pretty wild. So I actually have the astrology computer, the Digicomp DR70 astrology mini computer that arguably is responsible for the war on drugs. There it is right there. It's a beaut. Wow. The one on the left?
Yeah, the one on the left. Blow that thing up? That's crazy. Yeah. where did you get that I got it from Nancy Reagan's astrologers astrologer that's the best that's the best story it's got an ignition like a car you put a key in the computer to turn it on to rev that bad boy damn how many gears is that
Yeah, the one on the left. Blow that thing up? That's crazy. Yeah. where did you get that I got it from Nancy Reagan's astrologers astrologer that's the best that's the best story it's got an ignition like a car you put a key in the computer to turn it on to rev that bad boy damn how many gears is that
Yeah, the one on the left. Blow that thing up? That's crazy. Yeah. where did you get that I got it from Nancy Reagan's astrologers astrologer that's the best that's the best story it's got an ignition like a car you put a key in the computer to turn it on to rev that bad boy damn how many gears is that
that's so crazy dude but anyway so so this is an example like i'm very very interested in this idea i've probably collected every little bit of evidence and and and is it possible yeah it's definitely possible it's possible it played a role it's possible there's more to it you could make an argument that the reagan administration war on drugs was astrologically mediated but
that's so crazy dude but anyway so so this is an example like i'm very very interested in this idea i've probably collected every little bit of evidence and and and is it possible yeah it's definitely possible it's possible it played a role it's possible there's more to it you could make an argument that the reagan administration war on drugs was astrologically mediated but
that's so crazy dude but anyway so so this is an example like i'm very very interested in this idea i've probably collected every little bit of evidence and and and is it possible yeah it's definitely possible it's possible it played a role it's possible there's more to it you could make an argument that the reagan administration war on drugs was astrologically mediated but
at what point is this factual? At what point is this ignoring real factors that were going into this? At what point am I doing it because it's funny and interesting? And so you have to be self-aware and you have to be responsible about these things because it's so, so, so easy to manipulate people.
at what point is this factual? At what point is this ignoring real factors that were going into this? At what point am I doing it because it's funny and interesting? And so you have to be self-aware and you have to be responsible about these things because it's so, so, so easy to manipulate people.
at what point is this factual? At what point is this ignoring real factors that were going into this? At what point am I doing it because it's funny and interesting? And so you have to be self-aware and you have to be responsible about these things because it's so, so, so easy to manipulate people.
And it's something that I've become, I've always been acutely aware of it in the realm of psychedelic journalism. I mean, this is like, one of the areas where journalistic failure is the norm, right? It is the exception if a journalist isn't failing miserably in their coverage of drugs. We're just used to that.
And it's something that I've become, I've always been acutely aware of it in the realm of psychedelic journalism. I mean, this is like, one of the areas where journalistic failure is the norm, right? It is the exception if a journalist isn't failing miserably in their coverage of drugs. We're just used to that.
And it's something that I've become, I've always been acutely aware of it in the realm of psychedelic journalism. I mean, this is like, one of the areas where journalistic failure is the norm, right? It is the exception if a journalist isn't failing miserably in their coverage of drugs. We're just used to that.
Well, maybe if anything, well, I mean, yeah, you could, that would be maybe a slightly more cynical interpretation. But yeah, journalists often don't do that well. They do, it's a hard job to be sympathetic to a very unsympathetic occupation. It's a hard job, but yeah. But they've done a really, really bad job with drugs and they continue to do an unbelievably terrible job.
Well, maybe if anything, well, I mean, yeah, you could, that would be maybe a slightly more cynical interpretation. But yeah, journalists often don't do that well. They do, it's a hard job to be sympathetic to a very unsympathetic occupation. It's a hard job, but yeah. But they've done a really, really bad job with drugs and they continue to do an unbelievably terrible job.
Well, maybe if anything, well, I mean, yeah, you could, that would be maybe a slightly more cynical interpretation. But yeah, journalists often don't do that well. They do, it's a hard job to be sympathetic to a very unsympathetic occupation. It's a hard job, but yeah. But they've done a really, really bad job with drugs and they continue to do an unbelievably terrible job.
But what's interesting is we tend not to notice the way these manipulations play out until a decade or so has passed. Like you look back at the scare stories of the past and it's. It's literally laughable. It's a joke. Ha ha ha. Your brain on drugs. How stupid is this? Ecstasy makes holes in your brains. How stupid is this?
But what's interesting is we tend not to notice the way these manipulations play out until a decade or so has passed. Like you look back at the scare stories of the past and it's. It's literally laughable. It's a joke. Ha ha ha. Your brain on drugs. How stupid is this? Ecstasy makes holes in your brains. How stupid is this?