Episode 35

The second of several episodes in which Juliet and I ramble conversationally around a mind map I made. The six topics we randomly selected (not all covered in this episode) were "'solar' v. 'lunar' consciousness", "animal communication", "the Mayan calendar", "singularitarianism", "faster-than-light communication", "the Uncertainty Principle". A seventh, "rogue", topic was "'scientism' and materialism".

Continuing to look at Terence McKenna's ideas about DMT experiences, we move on to the possibility of plant consciousness, the general problem of "quantifying" consciousness and the difficulty in refuting solipsism.

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Some relevant links:

• Terence McKenna
• DMT (N,N-Dimethyltryptamine)
• alien abduction experiences
• near-death experiences
• consciousness
• animal consciousness
• plant consciousness
• Codariocalyx motorius ("dancing" telegraph plant)
• solipsism
• Basiliscus basiliscus (common basilisk or "Jesus Christ lizard")