Posts Tagged ‘brain science’

Not Feeling Well? Perhaps You’re ‘Marijuana Deficient’

Not Feeling Well? Perhaps You’re ‘Marijuana Deficient’
Scientists have begun speculating that the root cause of disease conditions such as migraines and irritable bowel syndrome may be endocannabinoid deficiency. From AlterNet, by Paul Armentano For several years I have postulated that marijuana is not, in the strict sense of the word, an intoxicant. As...
April 19th, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More

Entangled

Entangled
Time is not what it seems… When a drug overdose causes Leoni, a troubled teen from twenty-first-century Los Angeles, to have a near-death experience, her soul is lifted from the modern world and flung into a parallel time 24,000 years in the past. There her fate becomes entangled with that of Ria,...
April 8th, 2010 | Arts | Read More

Have we cracked the DMT Puzzle?

Have we cracked the DMT Puzzle?
James Kent attempts to tie a knot in the meme of autonomous elves and other DMT entities. “Snippets of the Psyche” revealed in DMT space, by James Kent The comments in this article are adapted from Psychedelic Information Theory: Shamanism in the Age of Reason, by James Kent. The following...
April 7th, 2010 | Altered States | Read More

How do we make Decisions?

How do we make Decisions?
Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness and the way humans make decisions — sharing some surprising tests and experiments that you can also try on yourself.
March 18th, 2010 | Health & Happiness | Read More

EYE SPIRITS

EYE SPIRITS
It had been many years since I had last seen Don, one of my favourite college lecturers, so I was delighted to bump into him at a conference.  Back in the old college days he had been something of a Sean Connery look-a-like and was much admired by the girl students, so it was a shock to see him now...
March 18th, 2010 | Science of the Mind | Read More

Prayer: A Challenge for Science

Prayer: A Challenge for Science
Since ancient times, a strong and pervasive belief in the efficacy of prayer–for the living and the dead–reinforces the notion that consciousness is not limited to the physical body. Not only do traditions throughout the world share a belief that prayers may in some way help (or invoke help from)...
March 11th, 2010 | Extended Mind | Read More

A Drug Free World Reloaded

A Drug Free World Reloaded
I attended this UN Summit in Vienna reviewing 10 years of the international War on Drugs last year and this short video does a good job of summing up the contrasting attitudes on drug policy of government representatives on the political ladder with specialist NGOs and academic experts.
March 11th, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More

Mexican Drug Policy Reform Movement Takes Shape

Mexican Drug Policy Reform Movement Takes Shape
The Beckley Foundation’s tour of North and South America with the Global Cannabis Commission is having a big effect. Mexico in particular is taking the lead in pushing for a paradigm shift in international drug policy. International Conference in Mexico City Provides Hope, Inspiration to a Budding...
March 1st, 2010 | Health & Happiness | Read More

Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate

Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate
Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate, analyzes cannabis policies around the world and lays out the advantages of a fully regulated legal market and how a country can overcome the international conventions in order to have policies that better suites its individual needs. Below is an excerpt from...
March 1st, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More

Neanderthals bid for Human Status

Neanderthals bid for Human Status
NEANDERTHALS as innovators? That the concept seems amusing goes to show how our sister species has become the butt of our jokes. Yet in the Middle Palaeolithic, some 300,000 years ago, innovation is what the Neanderthals were up to. From NewScientist, by Rowan Hooper This period is usually regarded...
February 25th, 2010 | Evolution | Read More
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