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Study shows “Spiritual” effects of mushrooms last a year
Reuters is reporting that the “spiritual” effects of psilocybin from sacred mushrooms last for more than a year and may offer a way to help patients with fatal diseases or addictions.
Roland Griffiths of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore says:
“This gives credence to the claims that the mystical-type experiences some people have during hallucinogen sessions may [...]
High IQ implies atheism?
Professor Richard Lynn says in a forthcoming paper for the journal Intelligence, that there is a strong correlation between high IQ and lack of religious belief and that average intelligence predicts atheism rates.
Professor Lynn told Times Higher Education:
“Why should fewer academics believe in God than the general population? I believe it is simply a matter [...]
Evolution now confirmed in lab
New Scientist reports that evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski of Michigan State University in East Lansing, US, has confirmed evolution occuring in his lab over a 20 year period.
Lenski’s experiment is also yet another poke in the eye for anti-evolutionists, notes Jerry Coyne, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago. “The thing I like most [...]
The Orgasmic Mind: The Neurological Roots of Sexual Pleasure
Fascinating article in Scientific American:
Achieving orgasm, brain imaging studies show, involves more than heightened arousal. It requires a release of inhibitions engineered by shutdown of the brain’s center of vigilance in both sexes and a widespread neural power failure in females.
Internet Dream Machine
Many years ago I built one of Brion Gysin’s dream machines using some card and an old record player. It worked extremely well. Since then I’ve been waiting for someone to build a computerised version, and it’s finally here on the Internet.
I encourage readers to try it out and report their experiences here.
Rupert Sheldrake recovering
Noted “mystical” scientist Dr. Rupert Sheldrake was stabbed last week during a lecture. Thankfully he now seems to be well on the road to recovery.
Sheldrake’s theory of Morphic Resonance is required reading for all modern occultists.
Newton’s Alchemy
Science historians have be trying to play down Isaac Newton’s interest in alchemy and the occult for centuries, but over at NOVA there’s an amazing interactive version of one of his alchemical notebooks which is facinating viewing. Highly recommended.
For those who aren’t aware of just what a god-like genius Newton was, there’s also a nice [...]
Go with your gut
According to a team led by Professor Gerard Hodgkinson of the Centre for Organisational Strategy, Learning and Change at Leeds University Business School, intuition is the result of the way our brains store, process and [...]
Breakthrough at Stonehenge dig
The team currently digging at Stonehenge have broken through to the bluestone layer. They are currently working on the hypothesis that the cirlce may have been a Neolithic place of healing.
More info and video at the BBC.
Seeing is Believing?
Scientists at UCL (University College London) have found the link between what we expect to see, and what our brain tells us we actually saw. The study reveals that the context surrounding what we see is all important — sometimes overriding the evidence gathered by our eyes and even causing us to imagine things which [...]
