I've been on some real deep Wikipedia rabbit holes the last few hours doing research on mental risks of mucking with your perception.
I should really go play Animal Crossing.
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It's so fascinating what you can do with a Roam instance + Wikipedia + drawing on a bunch of random sources you've read or remembered over the years and forming your own connections. The future is awesome.
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umm any recommended interesting pages. asking for a friend
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity … How do you know if you're talking to Isis or just schizophrenic? Seems like that matters a lot
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Also I'm working on a whole essay unpacking the risks of touching these topics with my theories since I've always wondered what people were going on about with spooky "there are risks to dabbling with magic" but not giving specifics
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Poorly understood superstitions and taboos are adaptive, just like fear of contagion was adaptive long before germ theory.
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Replying to @liminal_warmth
Good thing I'm less scared of madness than I probably should be
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I would like to keep tweeting about this because it's fascinating, but I don't think I have anything helpful to say.
Maybe go on a quest to ask a Wise Sage. Seems like something @sarahdoingthing might have insight into, if you can reach her on her mountain peak.
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Replying to @xstntlprvrt69 @sarahdoingthing
Eh, I'll just keep doing my own research The Tarot cards said this would be a personal kinda lonely quest for me anyway
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