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@Hansu I agree that while a technology isn't mature that it should receive extra attention to minimize its harms - that's a normal part of technological progress. Wind turbines are well past the prototype (as you put it) phase however. They've been used at an industrial scale to generate electricity for well over 30 years already. The tech will continue to mature, and we should not let these red herring objections prevent further adoption. They are not real problems. All of the issues you mentioned exist and are generally accepted in extant technologies. It's irrational to apply a double standard when it comes to disruptive green tech. No technology is going to be 100% perfect, so it's a balance and you have to be rational about assessing the risks vs. rewards. Refrigerants used in car and domestic AC systems, refrigerators, R-22 being one of the most common, is almost 2000x the potency of CO2 as a greenhouse gas, and is uncontrolled and freely vented into our atmosphere when these systems reach EOL. This is a big issue, so if you're going to complain about a bit of SF6 used in turbines, you should make big noise about the handling of refrigerants as well, as they are roughly 100x more potent than SF6. Meanwhile, the wind turbines are reducing our CO2 output and over their lifespan will have a far lower GHG footprint than burning fossil fuels, obviously. And it's technically feasible to recapture this SF6 during maintenance/replacement, so it's essentially a problem related to handling rather than the tech itself. Since the domestic class of AC refrigerants are 100x more potent than SF6, I suggest we focus on the low hanging fruit here. Noise pollution disrupting songbirds? That's a stretch. Wind turbines aren't that loud, especially if you compare them to things like road traffic, air traffic, motor noises. Urbanization and industrialization in general is threatening the acoustic space of songbirds, it's not really fair to single out wind turbines on this issue. Yeah it's really sad when dams disrupt salmon migrations like that. There's been a lot of that kind of thing in the area where I live. There are some ways to mitigate the problem, but it's never that effective. It's a hard calculus to make, because if you look at the big picture it's probably the least net harm, but it really sucks that whole groups of people (and fish populations) get screwed in the deal, the harm isn't spread evenly.

The jury isn't really out on this matter; vaccines have been a godsend for humanity. The benefits irrefutably outweigh the harms. A couple of examples: Smallpox The smallpox vaccine has lead to the eradication of the smallpox. This has saved and estimated hundreds of millions of lives, and spared humanity the horrors of this: We take it for granted now that we don't have to worry about smallpox, but can you imagine what it would be like when this was going around and you or your children might catch it, and you had no way to stop it? Measels Measels is still around, and unfortunately the anti-vax movement has spurned it's reappearance in the industrialized world. Nonetheless, it has saved an estimated 17 million lives since 2000 Measels isn't fun. Symptoms include the painful itchy rash, a weakened immune system, brain inflammation, possible death. You could make a huge list of horrific diseases that used to haunt humanity, but are now vague memories thanks to vaccines, but I'll stop there.

The "turbines killing birds" thing is a red herring argument installed by the right and the oil money-power. You don't hear anyone complain about how front windows kill birds do you? Also, see this article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/15/wind-turbines-kill-fewer-birds-than-cell-towers-cats/15683843/ I do think we need to reconsider nuclear power. The original variety of fission power stations that notoriously failed in Chernobyl and Fukushima are not the only type of this technology. There are much safer, newer generation, types of reactors that can be built. I think we need to take a really good look at these, and develop some next generation atomic energy very carefully. It can be part of the solution. However, I tend to agree that we need to focus on wind and solar more than anything right now. The problem still remains; storage. I pray for clean fusion energy.

Give me a break ,"victim of mind control" are you serious? If you have a problem with what she's saying, please identify the problems in her argument rather than resorting to criticizing her facial gestures, her autism, or using vague emotional feelings you have about her as talking points. What climate debate? There is no more of a climate "debate" than there is a debate about whether or not tobacco smoking causes cancer. She's simply putting the facts that we know about climate science in front of everyone's face, delivered with the passion of a young adult who will have to live with the consequences long after today's policy-makers are dead. Yes, of course the world won't end if we keep polluting it. Our planet has been hammered harder and lived to tell the tale. But what kind of planet do we want to live on?

Learn Vipassana techniques. Vipassana meditation is very effective at cultivating equanimity. I won't try to describe it here because I'm not Vipassana teacher. You can find great resources on the web, or better yet with a local meditation centre, or retreat.

Icp-LSD sounds awesome and worth trying regardless. Doing 5-MeO-DMT isn't about "getting fucked up". That's the language of recklessness, which is a clue about not being ready. But ultimately you have to make the call yourself. Xanax has absolutely nothing to do with 5-MeO-DMT, but acid and mushrooms are getting there. Do you have meditation experience?

I'm really stoked she and her campaign is getting so much attention right now. It's vitally important for the health of our planet that this message gets driven home at all levels of society, especially at the level of the key decision makers on top in government and corporations. To you nay-sayers on here, yeah of course life will go on if we sit here and do sweet fuck all about global warming. But it's going to be a shit hole planet if we continue to treat it like one. We need to start taking care of our home, and if it takes this courageous woman to stand on the world stage and make some noise about it, before the gears start turning, then all the power to her! Go Greta!! She's a little powerhouse. Greta 4 prez.

When it comes to attraction, attractiveness is really all there is. Attractiveness isn't just looks, it's the whole vibe you feel with someone. Looks will factor in, as will so much else. If you find the girl you are with attractive despite the fact that she isn't the prettiest, that's great, enjoy that fact that your relationship is more than skin deep. If you truly don't find her attractive, don't try to fake it. You can't trick yourself (or her) into attraction, that will just lead to unhappiness for both of you. edit: And I should add.. this isn't just for men, it goes for all sexes. Sorry if I'm not adding anything to the discussion here, I didn't go through all of the replies you've had here already. I just wanted to chip in my POV because this is a lesson I've learned a few times in my life, and I wish someone had pointed it out to me when I was younger.

@Ibn Sina I'd say just avoid the trap of feeling like the last word is the final word. Just because someone put up some lower quality post after you spoke your mind doesn't mean anyone is listening to the last one. I think you can have confidence in what you said, and let go of feeling like you need to prove yourself, because really, do you even care what some random individual on the internet thinks? Most of the time I find it's not really worth engaging in debates, but there's a sweet spot where it can be worthwhile. Just depends doesn't it...? I remember reading once (maybe in a Steven Pinker book) how obviously, debates/arguments rarely change the opponent's mind. But what they do do, when they're done right, is change the spectators' mind. Makes sense.

@Ibn Sina I appreciated your thoughtful, well written and researched response above. I know what you mean, but keep in mind that not everyone who reads and appreciates the time you put in will necessarily give you any signal that they did so.

How much did you take? What ROA? What was your regime leading up to taking the 5-MeO-DMT? It's possible for psychedelics to cause you to feel like that. I would hesitate to assume you have fake 5-MeO-DMT, there's no alarm bells ringing from anything in the pictures you posted.

I'd agree with this assessment. JT isn't a racist. He's handled this scandal really well and has given several sincere public apologies for his actions (from almost 20 years ago), and openly acknowledged that although he didn't intend it that way, that his actions were indeed racist. He didn't try to defend his actions, and has shown that he has moved beyond them. His policies are very much pro-immigration, and he built a cabinet with the highest racial and sexual diversity in Canadian history. I've got 99 problems with JT, but this ain't one. Ironically, I think this scandal is going to work out in his favour because he handled it so well.

@Mel B I also highly recommend you convert the HCl to freebase for further vaping excursions. It will be a lot healthier because you have less chance of burning it, and burning it produces some really nasty byproducts (and causes a lot more of that nasty chemical/plastic aroma). Girzo's baking soda method is totally solid. Maybe they have a different name for it in Switzerland? It's hard to imagine the Swiss don't bake with sodium bicarbonate.

Because he likes to talk about god

Why should it?

@DrewNows great clip

I've heard a theory that humans are uniquely able to skip sleep via sheer willpower as a survival strategy. Our ancestors were persistence hunters, during certain long periods of our evolution our ancestors essentially ran down their prey until they wore them out. Many of our adaptations can be explained in this context. So one idea is that we figured out how to push through sleepiness as we hunted prey down during these endurance persistence hunts. Doesn't mean it's good for us, just means we're better at it than other animals.

I've heard him recommend it as well, in multiple lectures, which is really what put it on my radar. I think he proposes to combine it with some other supplement as well as the magic mushroom microdose, but I forget which that supplement was. Niacin perhaps? Something that causes the extremeties of your circulatory system to dilate, to encourage dendritic growth at the farthest reaches of your brain and nervous system, (and also as a safety valve to make attempts to macro-dose the microdose uncomfortable) I think lions mane grows wild in my area so I'll have to start looking for it.

Agreed, I've listened to many of them over and over, and still get stuff out of them. Your video seems to not allow streaming as an embed, maybe you can find another source?

I've been around a lot of western diaspora Zen in the Soto tradition, so I can speak a little bit about that. I very much like the tradition, it's like a bit of a home to me. I do have critiques of some elements of the tradition, but when I look at these critiques and ask "would I change anything, should they be doing it better?", the answer is almost always no. The problems I have with it are more like my own problems, or just areas where I don't fit 100% with the tradition, which I don't really expect anyways. One critique I can't fully dismiss is that I find many practitioners have a disproportionate fascination with all things Japanese. It ends up feeling like westerners apeing something they really are not. But there's a certain beauty in that as well - cultural misinterpretations birth all kinds brand new interesting culture. I do find the core practice of zazen to be the best approach to meditation that I've come across, for myself at least.

I don't know of any research about that specific schedule, but it sounds good. It should keep your tolerance down. You're over-worrying about becoming addicted to coffee. It's not very addictive, it's super easy to stop. It's not even properly addictive the way nicotine or alcohol are. It's good for you too, unless you're drinking more than 4-5 cups a day the health benefits outweigh the harms. That's the funny thing about it, it's different from almost any other drug out there in that you actually are healthier by drinking it every day. You can enjoy it without any guilt.

Can you subjectively feel Lions Mane? I keep hearing good things about it, and am curious. I've never heard of Huperzine A, curious.

@Manjushri I guess you'll have to figure out your own cycle. 1 day on, 2 off sounds like a good place to start. My "cycle" is one every day, and then usually a second one before noon. I don't bother trying to reset tolerance very often. I don't see my habit as a problem. I've tried modafinil a few times and don't really feel the need to bother with it. It definitely works, but it made me a bit aggro in a way I'm not proud of. Plus it's a bit expensive and not as fun to take as coffee, and not super well tested as a chronic drug. I've also tried piracetam. I don't know if it really did anything for me. Coffee and tea are by far the best nootropics if you ask me! They are extremely safe, well tested and studied, so you know you can take them chronically without anything weird happening. And they are delicious, readily available, and tons of health benefits.

You should start by drinking some real good coffee instead of nescafe Organic, fair trade beans, freshly roasted at a good local roaster. Get a decent grinder and espresso machine if you want really good coffee, or an aeropress or drip for very good coffee on a simple budget. What are the negative effects you're worried about? If you wanted to have 0 tolerance, you could cycle it like you said, with that period of rest. You'd probably still build up a bit of tolerance slowly like that, but it would disappear after a week or two of total abstinence. "Detox" isn't the right word, since it's not really toxic.

@AdamDiC I agree with @Jed Vassallo - you can't exactly schedule a spiritual awakening... but you can try! Anyways, you'll see... you really need to let go of everything in order for it to happen, including the hope, or notion that it will happen, aka "grasping". I bet you've read and prepared a lot, so this might all be redundant for you, but I think I'm also reminding myself of these things. Anyways, I think the right mentality to approach 5-MeO-DMT might be: A ravenous curiosity A lack of expectations, or any notion that you know what it is that you're looking for, including any of the stuff you've read on here or in any books, or what I'm telling you Complete acceptance in advance of all possible outcomes: be ok with the possibility that absolutely fucking nothing happens, or that you may have a very challenging experience, or something that is completely different from what you expected, or a beautiful opening, or monad, or an insight on how to tie your shoes better, or... No expectation that you'll come back with something special that you get to keep, or impress people with, or get enlightened or any of that nonsense Completely relax, let go and allow, let yourself to go to the bottom of your breath, the bottom of the well of your mind, simply being. Of course there's not just one way for any psychedelic, I don't mean to be prescriptive. Maybe this is just a particular recipe, or a guideline for a particular route through the woods. Anyways, I think your signature says you're on the right track with all this! Good luck!