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10 Scientific and Technological Visionaries Who Experimented With Drugs

10 Scientific and Technological Visionaries Who Experimented With Drugs
Same here. We evolved along with, and because of, our diet. There weren't any classifications of "illegal drugs" back then, and these things flourish in all sorts of conditions in the wild - it's hard not to imagine at least occasional consumption. Considering mankind's predilection to experimenting with consciousness, along with the unique effects of these substances (including euphoria), it was probably more than occasional. If these fungi were part of a diet over time, they'd likely have some effect on our development. At the very least, to assume that these type of natural and prolific plants/substances had no part in our evolution would seem foolish. I just love the idea of psychoactive botanicals spurring hominid consciousness to a higher quantum state — the booster shot needed to make that leap forward in intelligence. SExpand Exactly!

Overflight Drone Tests Mistaken as UFOs A saucer shaped drone has been mistaken for a UFO as the unmanned craft that can fly high above the CONUS (Continental United States) on pre-programed missions. This is an example of the police state in which we have been brought into after state sponsored events such as the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11. These drones are based out of Edwards Air Force Base and raise an eyebrow as Edwards has been a hotbed for UFO activity in the past. KSN.com recently reported; The mysterious cargo has since identified as the X-47B drone.It’s now at the Patuxent River Naval Station for testing, along with the only other drone of its type in the world.The unmanned drones capture images and gather other intelligence and can fly above 40,000 feet.They have no tail and folding wings and are shorter and wider than many drones, in order to easily fit on a carrier. Here is a segment put together by the local news station: Source Incoming search terms:

Dedroidify Facebook privacy row: Social network giant admits to 'bugs' By Daniel Bates Created: 18:08 GMT, 27 September 2011 Exposed: Australian technology blogger Nik Cubrilovic has uncovered Facebook's practices of tracking users when they are offline Facebook has admitted that it has been watching the web pages its members visit – even when they have logged out. In its latest privacy blunder, the social networking site was forced to confirm that it has been constantly tracking its 750million users, even when they are using other sites. The social networking giant says the huge privacy breach was simply a mistake - that software automatically downloaded to users' computers when they logged in to Facebook 'inadvertently' sent information to the company, whether or not they were logged in at the time. Most would assume that Facebook stops monitoring them after they leave its site, but technology bloggers discovered this was not the case. This is still the case. Monitoring all: Facebook founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg

Erowid 6 Things Everyone Knows About Women (That Aren't True) We previously pointed out how some crude, absurd gender stereotypes are in fact proven true by science. But, in the interest of not letting 60s sitcoms have the last word on the differences between men and women, we should point out how many things "everyone knows" about women just plain aren't true, according to science. Like... Women Aren't As Aggressive Remember that nursery rhyme about what little girls and little boys are made of? Snails and dog tails make you more aggressive. When we grow up, women are more likely to be penalized for displaying too much aggression, while men are rewarded for the exact same behavior. Sometimes with millions of dollars. When actually ... Women might be the more aggressive of the genders. Researchers found that when you deindividuate a person--or place the person in a situation where he or she doesn't have an individual identity--aggressive attitudes are amplified. They found that under normal circumstances, men dropped far more bombs than women.

Timothy Leary, LSD, & the Sacred Sacraments | Yoism Of course, when they say that, they are referring to the proscribed "drugs" that threaten them, not to the prescribed, mind-control "medicines" and mind-numbing drugs (like alcohol). Maybe you need antidepressants because there is something to be upset about. And while the use of the prescribed drugs may be in the interests of those in power, maybe it is dangerous to use drugs that enable you to ignore a lousy situation that is rapidly getting worse. The prescribed, psychiatric drugs may be enabling dysfunctional, maladaptive behavior! Didn't they tell you that drugs are used as "an escape from reality?" If that is so, what makes the psychiatric drugs so different? There just might have been something vitally important and valid in Leary's message. Timothy Leary's How to Operate Your Brain: An Owner's Manual Timothy Leary's Declaration of Evolution Timothy Leary and the Naive LSD Revolution Visions of the Otherwise Wise Another Interview of Saint Timothy, at the End of His Life

The Century of the Self The Untold History of Controlling the Masses Through the Manipulation of Unconscious Desires "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized." - Edward Bernays Adam Curtis' acclaimed series examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty. To many in both politics and business, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of democracy, where power has finally moved to the people. The Freud dynasty is at the heart of this compelling social history. Happiness MachinesPart One One: Happiness Machines Two: The Engineering of Consent

DEHUMANIZATION : Truth Frequency News Naked Pennsylvania man gnaws woman’s head in grisly attack By David Ferguson Friday, September 14, 2012 11:54 EDT A 20-year-old Doylestown, Pennsylvania man allegedly used the drug mephedrone (also known as “bath salts”) before he went on a violent rampage in which he stripped naked, broke into two homes, leapt from a second floor window [...] Texas teacher assigns 4th graders to draw suicides, explosions on 9/11 By David Edwards Thursday, September 13, 2012 10:22 EDT Parents in El Paso, Texas say they were shocked to find out that a teacher at Hughey Elementary asked their children to depict airplanes flying into buildings, explosions and people jumping to their deaths to [...] (NY DAILY NEWS) There was a ruckus during the 2012 platform voting here at the convention in regard to Israel and specifically Jerusalem. By Jonathan Terbush Wednesday, August 29, 2012 19:46 EDT Yahoo! Israel outraged over S. “Yes, it is Christ-like [to break up with her],” Robertson insisted.

10 years of drug decriminalization in Portugal has reduced addiction, crime More evidence that treatment beats incarceration when it comes to drug crimes. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY, Portugal instituted a law that decriminalized the use of drugs, including cocaine and heroin. Now, on the anniversary, they’re reporting some very positive results. The law stipulated that people caught using or possessing illegal substances would be sent before a panel of psychologists and social workers instead of a judge in a criminal court. Since 2001, incidence of drug-related crime has dropped, as has the estimated number of “problematic” addicts (the latter has been cut in half compared to the early ’90s.) With this long-term, wide-scale experiment producing such a favorable outcome, will other countries follow Portugal’s lead? * Story via France24

The Zeitgeist Movement Metal Alloy Purifies Water and Generates Electricity | Alternative Energy | Aluminum | InnovationNewsDaily At last, little chunks of aluminum everywhere can be something greater then a soda can or a baseball bat. Thanks to a special reactive alloy, some of those lucky little nuggets could solve the world's energy crisis. Jerry Woodall, an engineer at Purdue University, has created an aluminum alloy that reacts with water to create hydrogen and heat. He is encouraging venture capitalists to design a system that uses both capturing the hydrogen as fuel and using the heat to pull clean water out of the air. The greatest benefit of using aluminum is its abundance. "There is enough aluminum on the Earth's crust to supply the whole world's energy needs," Woodall told InnovationNewsDaily. To make use of this aluminum, Woodall melts it and combines it with gallium, indium and tin . Just 2.2 pounds (one kilogram) of the aluminum alloy provides 12.9 kilowatt hours of energy when exposed to water. Furthermore, all of the aluminum that goes into the reaction can be fully retrieved.

Cocaine Found In The Air Of Italian Cities - Home Remember when Phil Collins sang about feeling it coming in the air tonight? Well if he was in Italy at the time of recording then 'it' probably referred to a debauched night of nosebleeds and shouting at strangers. A government-sponsored study found traces of cocaine and marijuana in eight of the biggest cities in Italy, including Rome, Milan, Florence and Turin. But if you're now maniacally booking a ticket to Italy, hoping to get a free oxygen-delivered high, the traces are so low that no-one would be able to get anything from it. In the rankings, Palermo had the lowest amount while Turin had the highest. The study, which also measured nicotine and caffeine levels, found that marijuana usage seemed to peak in the winter months. The findings were hoped to help track usage for the future so that the government could work on solving drug-related issues. (Image: Shutterstock) Tags: news

Sorry boys, size DOES matter: Scientific journal confirms men's worst bedroom fear By Damien Gayle and Toni Jones Published: 13:54 GMT, 12 November 2012 | Updated: 07:57 GMT, 13 November 2012 New research shows that size does matter if women want to have vaginal orgasms If you are a man who has been cursed with a less than generous handout in the pants department you might want to look away now. New research by the Journal of Sexual Medicine has shown that contrary to popular (wishful?) The good news is that it only matters for some women and some types of orgasms. The research, printed online in September, has found that women who have frequent vaginal orgasms are more likely than other women to say they climax more easily with men with larger penises. Stuart Brody, a psychologist at the University of the West of Scotland who conducted the research asked a sample of 323 women about previous sexual encounters. They were asked about their recent sexual behaviors as well as how important penile-vaginal intercourse and other sex acts were to them.

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