@The_Lagrangian Another was that I could read their faces (modulo general acid weirdness) and I wasn't prepared for that much empathy at all
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@The_Lagrangian i've wondered for a while if psys provide "real" social insights or if it's a matter of projection, but ->
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@The_Lagrangian -> over time come to think they really do enhance perception and processing of social situations
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the bit about music in the article seems to map really well to psychedelic experiences
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my take is that they amplify pattern recognition in general, some of which is accurate and some of which is spurious
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it's interesting to think though that psy/TMS-mediated interventions work *at all*, since it implies...
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that there are parts of the brain learning these patterns that just aren't communicating enough w/ other parts
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@The_Lagrangian i don't know much about brains but it sounds accurate to say these insights are about making those connections
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@The_Lagrangian read that bit and thought "yeah that checks out" (I have synesthesia myself and read a lot about these things)
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@The_Lagrangian There are links between synesthesia and memory formation and who'da thunk
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I can recognize songs by their first note and name them. I can not remember a face unless I've dealt with the person for a few weeks.
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@The_Lagrangian take for example this guy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_S
synesthesia for everything and full memory