* Randomness as Meaning Introduction This article describes how, in our search for order and purpose in life, people sometimes assign meaning to events that are objectively random and devoid of meaning. Consider these two images — one dot pattern is random, the other isn't: One of the two images above shows a random pattern of dots, the other has been manipulated to resemble a random pattern but isn't really random. Which image is random? In perception studies, most people choose Sample A because Sample B shows tight clusters of dots that don't really seem random. The meaning of this experiment is that, when people see tight clusters of dots (or of events), they conclude it isn't a chance grouping but has special significance. The following sections show examples where, for psychological reasons, people assign meaning to meaningless groupings, significance to insignificant coincidences, even invest in outright frauds based on mistaken perceptions of reality. The Gambler's Fallacy Friday the 13th Amazing Rock
Terence McKenna rotten > Library > Biographies > Mad Science > Terence McKenna Terence McKenna was the Magellan of psychedelic head space, and humanity's first ambassador to the hyperdimensional machine elves of the Eschaton. McKenna was a true child of the '60s, graduating from UC Berkeley with one of those majors you could only get in Berkeley in the '60s — Ecology, Resource Conservation and Shamanism. When he got out of school, he set off for the Amazon, where he "studied" the native hallucinogenic drugs used in various South American shamanic traditions. McKenna studied these drugs repeatedly and in large doses, along with his brother, Dennis. While pursuing these scientific studies, McKenna experienced some interesting effects on his consciousness, not surprisingly. His work has influenced a generation of writers and philosophers, and his writings have been as influential as that of better-known contemporaries like Timothy Leary and Abbie Hoffman. Refined sugar was a particular target of his ire.
The Top 10 Existential Movies of All Time Browsing through my DVD collection recently I realized that I have a fairly decent selection of what can be called 'existential movies' -- philosophical films that study the nature of existence and what it means to be alive. It's debatable as to what defines the 'quintessential' existential movie, but ultimately it must speak to the human condition and reframe it in such a way that the viewer gains an enhanced appreciation of their own existence and situation in life. These are the kinds of films that you find yourself reflecting back upon time and time again as you engage in your own day-to-day life, struggles and relationships. Thus, I present to you the top 10 existential movies of all time: 10. The best of the 'last man on Earth' movies, The Quiet Earth (1985) looks at human nature and the value of social relationships through a post-apocalyptic lens. 9. The movie also acknowledges the harsh realities of modern relationships. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
Salvia divinorum Salvia divinorum (also known as Diviner's Sage,[2] Ska María Pastora,[3] Seer's Sage,[4] and by its genus name Salvia) is a psychoactive plant which can induce "visions" and other hallucinatory experiences. Its native habitat is in cloud forest in the isolated Sierra Mazateca of Oaxaca, Mexico, where it grows in shady and moist locations.[5][6] The plant grows to over a meter high,[1] has hollow square stems, large leaves, and occasional white flowers with violet calyxes. Botanists have not determined whether Salvia divinorum is a cultigen or a hybrid; native plants reproduce vegetatively, rarely producing viable seed.[7][8] Mazatec shamans have a long and continuous tradition of religious use of Salvia divinorum, using it to facilitate visionary states of consciousness during spiritual healing sessions.[1] Most of the plant's local common names allude to the Mazatec belief that the plant is an incarnation of the Virgin Mary, with its ritual use also invoking that relationship. History
Play Nintendo | Games Online SNES and NES Emulator From Thailand, to Holland, to Spain: From Thai stick seeds to smoke able weed: Thai Sinse. -=www.hempcity.net=- Old Ed | Blockhead | Legends Ultimate IndicaBlue Sattelite #2 | Sweet Tooth #3Flo x Silver Haze | Golden Leaf | Skunk #1Northern Light Clones | Thai Sinse From Thailand, to Holland, to Spain: From Thai stick seeds to smoke able weed: Thai Sinse. The Thai seeds I grew out in Spain did not come from any seed bank, they ended up left over in the plastic containers that hold the bud and hash in our coffeeshops. We sold the Thai sticks as shown in the picture below per gram, so the little buds had to be talen of the bamboo sticks they were tied around with a thin string of rope, a so-called rasta hair. You can see the seeds it the sticks, that is how Thai sticks come. This is a Thai stick, it is not a bud, Thai plants grow small, fluffy buds, which are wrapped and tied around a thin bamboo stick to make it in to the traders unit the stick stands for. Ten seeds, only 4 came up. They came out like any other strain, with broad leafs to starts with. June 10. June 13. June 15. June 19. June 21. July 6.
Marijuana - Everything Shii Knows It was a lot more annoying to maintain this website after it closed than I expected. Even after I put up a big banner it turned out that I was hosting stuff here without copyrights and moral permissions. I need to focus on other things in my ife these days. A lot of 4chan stuff, including things taken from this wiki, can be found on GitHub (why GitHub? If you're interested in the history of 4chan, another guy named Cole Stryker documented it much better than I did. The funny guys behind the Zybourne Clock now have their own website. As for the rest... um... I invite you to check out the rest of my website if you like translations of manga and stuff.
I Was Arrested In Dubai For Two Cannabis Seeds I was arrested at Dubai International Airport for possessing two seeds of cannabis in my bag. I really did not know they were there and it wasn't even my bag. I spent the next three months in jail awaiting trial. It must be told, all in the desert is not gold. I met a lot of people while 'inside' with confused looks on their faces, wondering why they had been locked up, some for trace amounts of cannabis in their blood, others for prescribed medicine. In my homeland South Africa, I had been stabbed twice, shot at, nearly killed in a bomb blast, had five cars stolen and rescued two rape victims. I had been in Dubai for two years when I was offered a part time job in the Congo. I made my way to the Congo, stopped in Addis Ababa for a beer and then Brazzaville where I toiled in the African sun. On the day of departure one of the riggers gave me his left over weed. When I arrived in Dubai, I cleared all the X-rays and customs points and fetched my bag. “Are you drug smuggler?