Day: August 29, 2020

Brain, Drugs, Health, Psychology, ScienceLeave a comment

STUDY: A MICRODOSE OF LSD COULD ALTER A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN EXPERIENCE

Fernando Kaskais

“Anyone on any of these doses could sit behind a computer and do their work.” by EMMA BETUEL IN LARGE DOSES, LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE (LSD) can repair damaged neurons in the brain, and reveal new ways of seeing the world. In small doses, microdosers chase the effects of the drug on creativity or mood, without the full psychedelic experience. However, a new study suggests that even a microdose might be able to change a powerful human sensation: pain. Microdoses of LSD increased pain tolerance and decreased ratings of painfulness and unpleasantness. Here, a microdose was defined as about 20 micrograms. Twenty-fourcollege students were asked to plunge their … Continue reading STUDY: A MICRODOSE OF LSD COULD ALTER A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN EXPERIENCE

Curiositys, Future, Planet, PsychologyLeave a comment

Why It Feels Like the End of the World, Even When It’s Not

Fernando Kaskais

Why do we keep viewing the world more negatively than it is? Note: This is the third blog in my series about truth and reality as they relate to problems we are experiencing as a society. by Mike Brooks Ph.D. “It’s the end of the world as we know it, but I feel fine.” —R.E.M., in the song of the same name.  To say that 2020 has been a difficult year would be an understatement. We are in a global pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of people, have a financial crisis and high unemployment levels, toxic tribalism, a monumental upcoming presidential election, … Continue reading Why It Feels Like the End of the World, Even When It’s Not

Living, Philosophy, PsychologyLeave a comment

What do shoes do?

Fernando Kaskais

Partly of the earth, partly of our body, the shoe sits on the edge of an ontological threshold. Where can it transport us? Randy Laist is professor of English at Goodwin University in East Hartford, Connecticut. His latest book is The Twin Towers in Film: A Cinematic History of New York’s World Trade Center (2020).Listen here Edited by Marina Benjamin Iam at the beach, enjoying that elemental pleasure – walking barefoot outside, when the texture of sand slipping through my toes and crunching against the tender flesh of my sole turns walking into a kind of communion or commingling with the physical world. … Continue reading What do shoes do?