Will you be lost?
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Wu Zetian (624 - 705)
The Wu Dynasty ruled by emperor Wu Zetian (pronounced “woo zai-chen”) was the only female to ever rule China in her own right. Wu clawed her way to the top of China’s political ladder, challenging the male dominated patriarchy of the Chinese government and the traditional Confucianism teachings by introducing Buddhism.
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Gut microbiota plays a role in brain function and mood regulation (pasteur.fr)
Scientists recently discovered that a change to the gut microbiota brought about by chronic stress can lead to depressive-like behaviors in mice, by causing a reduction in endogenous cannabinoids. These findings, which show that a healthy gut microbiota contributes to normal brain function, were published in Nature Communications.
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Revisiting Burr and Northrop’s “The Electro-Dynamic Theory of Life” (1935)
Abstract: Harold Saxton Burr was a biologist working throughout the 1930s–1950s on an important set of problems related to biological organization and the origin of complex living forms. He was a profound thinker, suggesting a complementary focus on field concepts in addition to the emphasis on particle models and integrating concepts from physics and philosophy in his work. He developed innovations in electrophysiological technique and used them to perform a wide experimental survey of bioelectricity in normal and pathological growth. Here, I briefly review his classic paper with philosopher F. S. C. Northrop, “The Electro-Dynamic Theory of Life,” in the context of advances in this field over the last few decades. Based on recent progress, it is now clear that Burr was a prescient and visionary thinker. His main hypothesis, that bioelectric gradients serve as prepatterns guiding morphogenesis, has been confirmed using modern molecular physiology, as have his ideas about the place of cancer and the nervous system in the question of biological organization. With limited technology but deep insight, he derived insights that anticipated many modern discoveries. Even more importantly, Burr’s view of bioelectricity as a convenient entry point for rigorous investigation of the broader question of self-organizing properties of life highlights a frontier of inquiry that awaits today’s researchers. Burr and Northrop’s “The Electro-Dynamic Theory of Life,” originally published in the Quarterly Review of Biology (10(3):322–333, 1935), is available as supplementary material in the online version of this essay.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see. —Arthur Schopenhauer
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“In Washington...the appearance of power is therefore almost as important as the reality of it. In fact, the appearance is frequently its essential reality” ― Henry Kissinger
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Longevity of a species is inversely correlated with its respiratory rate: A tortoise breathes very slowly, approximately two breaths per minute and lives for up to 150 years. So, breathe slowly.
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Shibashi - 十八式 (18 Movement Taiji Qigong) - performed by Sam Sujatna
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Zhang Sanfeng (張三丰) - Legendary Chinese Taoist who invented T'ai chi ch'üan
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"Some people get rich studying artificial intelligence. Me, I make money studying natural stupidity" - Carl Icahn
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Psilocybin Treatment for Mental Health Gets Legal Framework (scientificamerican)
Oregon became the first state to legalize therapeutic use of the drug as new research affirms its benefits for treating depression.
DC ballot initiative could decriminalize psychedelic plants, like magic mushrooms (ABC)
This Election Day, voters in Washington, D.C., will consider a measure that, if approved, would effectively decriminalize the use of psychedelic plants, like ayahuasca and psilocybin mushrooms, more commonly known as magic mushrooms.
The Berlin Registry - An Overview of the Psychedelic Industry (Mind)
Over the last few years, a number of companies and organizations have been founded to develop or build on different aspects of the psychedelic field. The so-called psychedelic industry is still in its infancy. Yet there has been an increasing number of spectacular capitalization events, with companies raising $80 million and more in their first or second financing rounds. This page provides people looking for information or investment and donation opportunities with a basic overview about the emerging psychedelic economy – both for-profit and non-profit.
Disclosed herein is a method of explaining the psychedelic patent landscape.
United Nations approves WHO recommendation to reschedule cannabis in historic vote (mjbizdaily)
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on Wednesday accepted a World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. The historic vote in Vienna could have far-reaching implications for the global medical cannabis industry, ranging from regulatory oversight to scientific research into the plant and its use as a medicine. The eagerly awaited approval of Recommendation 5.1 had a slim majority in favor with 27 votes for, one abstention and 25 votes against.
Microdosing - Improving performance enhancement in intelligence analysis - Paper by Maj Emre Albayrak
Psychedelic Information Theory - Shamanism in the Age of Reason - Book by by James L. Kent
Psychedelic Information Theory (PIT) is the study of information creation in the human imagination, particularly in states of dreaming, psychosis, and hallucination. PIT seeks to model the functional output of human perception in order to extrapolate the limits and complexity of information arising in human altered states of consciousness.
Jesus was a mushroom
