Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna by Graham St John This definitive biography from cultural historian St John (Weekend Societies) explores the life and ideas of psychedelic philoso...

"An account as weird, wild, and nontraditional as its subject."

@publisherswkly.bsky.social reviews "Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna." On sale tomorrow:

Autoexporte - Deutschland stagniert, China hat Deutschland durch gigantisches Wachstum in 2022 überholt und exportiert schon jetzt 2,5 Mio Autos mehr pro Jahr.

Zur Erinnerung: DAS ist das Problem der deutschen Automobilindustrie. (Grafik von Ember) Sie hat die Elektro-Revolution verschlafen und will jetzt verzweifelt Zulieferer retten, die nur Teile für Verbrenner herstellen können. Innovator's Dilemma in Reinkultur.

Powerful scientific clues to the mystery of consciousness are emerging from its very absence.

Advanced meditation research seeks to scientifically understand profound and powerful shifts in consciousness that can arise from contemplative mastery. One such shift, which we call...

Strange Attractor A stand-up philosopher who made a unique contribution to science, humanism, and the hidden arts, Terence McKenna (1946–2000) was the twentieth century&...

It's release day for STRANGE ATTRACTOR, the first and surely the definitive biography of Terence McKenna! @gmantic.bsky.social did an incredible job on this book. It's one of the best biographies I've ever read. Get it today!
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Charlie Kirk vor dem 6.1.2021: „This historic event will likely be one of the largest and most consequential in American history The team at @TrumpStudents & Turning Point Action are honored to help make this happen, sending 80+ buses full of patriots to DC to fight for this president“

Charlie Kirk, der neue Held von Spahn, Ulf Poschardt und Nius, wurde von Bob Vylan als „Stück Scheisse“ bezeichnet. Aber da ist mehr: Kirk gibt vor Trumps Putschversuch am 6. Januar zu, 80 Busse voller gewaltbereiter Schläger organisiert zu haben! Ein wahrer Meinungsbefreier - mit Fäusten.

Neuroelectrophysiological correlates of extended cessation of consciousness in advanced meditators: A multimodal EEG and MEG study In some contemplative traditions, "extended cessation" (EC) refers to a state of advanced meditation in which the meditator intentionally suppresses their own consciousness and re-emerges with a profo...

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The chatbots claiming to be Jesus: spreading gospel or heresy? Nature - Jesus chatbots aren't the only AI technologies seeping into religious practice. Some worshippers don't agree with the use of them.

The rise of generative AI chatbots has led to the creation of tools that purport to offer people the opportunity to speak directly with religious figures, such as Jesus Christ

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Israel has officially begun annexing the West Bank by forcing residents of several Area C towns to obtain special Israeli permits to pass through the checkpoints at their entrances.

It starts in villages northwest of Jerusalem: Beit Iksa, Nabi Samu’il, and Khallayleh.

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Oxford has fallen. Repeat: Oxford has fallen… 🤖 #HigherEducation #academia

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Now available in English: The German National Academy's Proposal for Social Media & Mental Health of Children and Adolescents:
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Der Vorschlag ist eine der Handlungsempfehlungen aus dem Leopoldina-Diskussionspapier „Soziale Medien und die psychische Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen“. Zum Papier: www.leopoldina.org/publikatione...

The deadline for submissions for the 2025 Neuroscience of Pure Awareness Prize (€20k) is soon: Sept 30th. For the best contribution to neuroscience that substantially advances our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying the experience of pure awareness. For details, see screenshot!

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Video: Opinion | Two Decades of Putin Playing the West For more than 20 years, Western leaders have played right into Putin’s hands — and given one a shake.

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Vorschlag der Leopoldina: "Keine Social-Media-Accounts für unter 13-Jährige" Die Nationalakademie Leopoldina hat Maßnahmen vorgelegt, um Kinder und Jugendliche besser vor Auswirkungen von Social Media zu schützen. So sollen Kinder unter 13 Jahren gar keine Social-Media-Account...

www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gesun...

Zum Diskussionspapier „Soziale Medien und die psychische Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen“:
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Deep computational neurophenomenology: a methodological framework for investigating the how of experience Abstract. The context for our paper comes from the neurophenomenology (NPh) research programme initiated by Francisco Varela at the end of the 1990s. Varel

🚨 New article in #NCONSC!

Deep computational neurophenomenology: a methodological framework for investigating the how of experience

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A Bayesian computational framework to bridge first-person experience and brain activity

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A beautiful loop: An active inference theory of consciousness Can active inference model consciousness? We offer three conditions implying that it can. The first condition is the simulation of a world model, whic…

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The IPCC: Can it regain its credibility? A critical examination of climate science risk assessments and the growing challenge from global actuaries

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YouTube video by Philosophy and interesting readings Your Brain’s Illusion of You: Thomas Metzinger on Self, Consciousness & VR

Not such a bad summary at all....
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A psychedelic drug disorganizes cortical traveling waves. Groovy work.
Complex slow waves in the human brain under 5-MeO-DMT
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Frontiers | Thalamus and consciousness: a systematic review on thalamic nuclei associated with consciousness IntroductionConsciousness relies on both cortical and subcortical structures and their feedforward and feedback pathways. Within this framework, the thalamus...

Thalamus and consciousness: a systematic review on thalamic nuclei associated with consciousness

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Another amazing Special Issue in @phimisci.bsky.social! 👇

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

Meinung: Friedrich Merz’ Bundestagsrede: Ein Zechpreller als Bundeskanzler – Kolumne Friedrich Merz findet, Deutschland müsse erst einmal nicht mehr so viel für die Zukunft der Menschheit tun: Unser Anteil an den Emissionen sei doch so klein. Das ist ein sehr schlechtes Argument.

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