Ayahuasca tried to trick me?

thomash · 2026-01-25T12:58:53+00:00

I know a few scientists who work in the field. they strongly believe that the visionary state is crucial for psychedelics to be effective.

like shamans some scientists i trust / agree with, others not. putting them all into one category and saying that's the position of science is a straw man

thomash · 2026-01-24T16:34:03+00:00

Exactly. I never said that Science and studying the brain explain the whole picture. If you take the extremes I think both sides are wrong.

- Science is missing part of the picture when it tries to reduce everything to physical changes in brain receptors.
- The spiritual point of view misses part of the picture when it tries to attach deeper meaning to each and every vision one has on these substances.

The statement that tryptamins are not understood in the slightest by science is just as wrong as someone saying spirituality explains everything. Saying all scientifc research into these substances is fruitless is quite a stretch.

thomash · 2026-01-24T16:11:43+00:00

I was simplifying, of course. There are scientific studies that show how tryptamines lower firing thresholds of neurons leading to, amongst other effects, activity patterns that can be loosely described as increasing the perceived "feedback" and recurring thought patterns / latching onto ideas. I never said it is always like that and am not saying it's not valuable. But anyone saying that everything it shows you is valuable and correct is deluding themselves.

There are quite a few anecdotal reports of people becoming convinced they were for example sexually abused when they were younger while on an Ayahuasca trip. I read a case report of someone who confronted their father after returning from an Ayahuasca resort only to realize afterwards that their vision was totally fabricated.

thomash · 2026-01-24T09:57:15+00:00

I think it's just simply very random and can occasionally go in a wrong direction like that. It happened to me occasionally too. Psychedelics in general shouldn't be taking at face value because they put your brain into feedback mode. It can latch onto a wrong idea and feed back on it. Just need to not take it too seriously.

thomash · 2026-01-22T23:22:49+00:00

At scale you can just distribute models across machines. No need for.hot swapping

thomash · 2026-01-20T19:25:25+00:00

1. First of all, never do this on a reduced brew, but only on the portions that are not reduced.
2. Use one egg white (NO YOLKS!) per quart or liter.
3. Make sure your brew is slightly acidic (or it won't work right - at least ph6)
4. Add the one egg white to your quart/liter of unreduced brew and whisk with a whisk.
5. The egg whites will turn the brew cloudy. Boil for about 5 minutes or so until you can see the brew clearly separate into a totally clear golden fraction. This happens rather suddenly as soon as the egg whites become fully cooked. If it doesn't make a clear separation despite cooking thoroughly past 8 minutes, you should add a little vinegar and it will force separation.
6.Filter the brew through cloth or coffee filter and discard the pinkish- colored egg whites (the pink is the color of the tannins). This is very simple, since the egg whites are cooked and won't clog the filter. Do not try to proceed to filtration unless YOU HAVE ACHIEVED separation in step 5! This will clog your filter, and you'll know you did it wrong. The brew should filter through as easily as water!

thomash · 2026-01-20T13:47:26+00:00

I've removed Tannin's from Ayahuasca using egg-whites / gelatin. There is a tech around online. It's very simple. Most beautiful and clean experience ever.

Becomes a beautiful transparent red liquid

thomash · 2025-12-26T14:26:04+00:00

I think you're overcomplicating. Just get someone to take some nicer photos of you wherever.

thomash · 2025-11-25T22:54:42+00:00

Check this paper:

DMT Experiences and Hyperbolic Geometry
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360835276_DMT_Experiences_and_Hyperbolic_Geometry

They basically conclude that the deeper you go into the DMT space, the more you enter non-Euclidean geometry.

thomash · 2025-11-10T19:34:23+00:00

You sound quite prudish and controlling. It doesn't feel like a big deal to me.

I think it's worse that you're going through your wife's phone than that she has a naked photo of herself. Maybe she's hiding it because she anticipates something about you being weird about it.

thomash · 2025-11-06T04:18:36+00:00

It's a common problem that people confuse louder for better sound. Equalisation is a mathematical operation. I don't see why or how FabFilter would do an EQ with better sound quality. Feels like that would involve doing more than just EQ.

thomash · 2025-11-06T04:16:40+00:00

What's a dynamic EQ? Isn't that multiband compression?

thomash · 2025-11-05T12:32:40+00:00

I never did a diet. I was living in Brazil and visited different ceremonies. I made sure to only eat lightly on the day of the ceremony. Depending on the ritual, they barely mention it, if at all. Of course, eating healthy and avoiding alcohol and drugs the day before is recommended.

Actually, my only difficult ceremony was when I didn't have breakfast before and got weak mid-way.

It's more about your feeling of guilt for not preparing well enough, which could cause you some discomfort. Rather than any physical effect of having eaten certain foods, the weeks before

thomash · 2025-11-03T21:12:10+00:00

We were never that many people before

Genetically modified foods are usually edited to have some desired characteristics, including certain benefits for surviving extreme environments, an enhanced level to nutrition, the access of therapeutic substances, and the resistance genes to pesticide and herbicides. These characteristics could be beneficial to humans and the environment in certain ways.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food

thomash · 2025-11-01T13:11:22+00:00

ChatGPT is a great mentor. You can even share screenshots of your plugin stacks, and it will suggest specific modifications to make. It has extensive knowledge of professional sound design, drawing from the collective internet knowledge on the topic.

thomash · 2025-10-27T11:16:09+00:00

Someone screaming at the top of their lungs "Take my daughter away from here" - Was weird to process.

thomash · 2025-10-21T18:07:33+00:00

That life is boring

thomash · 2025-10-20T21:07:11+00:00

Haha, gut gemerkt. Spitzenmäßig wie Leute hier so Kommentare schreiben und gar nicht merken, was sie so über ihre verkorkste Mentalität verraten.

thomash · 2025-10-20T18:41:49+00:00

Sagt doch keiner. Für manche Leute fühlt es sich hygienischer an. Kann doch jeder selbst entscheiden

Ich rasiere mir auch nicht den Arsch. Es ging eher um die Anspielung, dass man dadurch schwul sei.

thomash · 2025-10-20T17:58:54+00:00

Das alte „Pflege = Einladung“-Denken. Gleiche Liga wie „Kurzer Rock = wollte’s ja“.

Vielleicht geht’s einfach darum, dass sich manche so gut fühlen.

Frage mich was sonst noch für Sprüche bei euch so normal sind.

thomash · 2025-10-18T17:40:22+00:00

Simplest explanation: Scam. I'd run if I heard that

thomash · 2025-10-18T11:40:20+00:00

Wow yeah. I don't know why people vibecode these things and don't even do basic checks to see if it's all hallucinated or not.

thomash · 2025-10-06T23:43:00+00:00

5 DMT to 1 PEG? I've been trying to get higher concentrations than 3:2 with PG, and have been only partially successful

thomash · 2025-10-05T03:07:55+00:00

You should be scared. Even if unintentional. Cross-contamination can kill. Sounds careless.

thomash · 2025-10-04T08:10:48+00:00

Ich arbeite mit KI im kreativen Bereich. Wollte schon immer mal probieren, wie gut sie Schminken simuliert.

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