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Any good quotes from speeches, books, articles, etc

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i read the original book where i think he came up with the theory (food of the gods) and while there were some interesting questions and thoughts, it was overall a pretty laughable and stupid book. zero evidence, just hypotheticals stated as factual reality. and i say this being extremely pro-psychedelic. we can have discussions about the benefit and importance about them without including weird pseudoscience. the book was also poorly written, mckenna frequently goes on tangents mid-chapter. he's got cool quotes i guess, but he's hard to take seriously for me.