Archive for November 2014
The Stoned Ape Theory of Language
As some Homo Sapiens left the forests for the plains… the species [began] finding magic mushrooms in poop and adding them to the diet… Language development saw immense growth during this period… This is where our minds were opened up to the abstract concepts which eventually led humanity to become the dominant force in the animal kingdom. Our…
Read MoreInfinite monkey theorem
The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. In this context, “almost surely” is a mathematical term with a precise meaning, and the “monkey” is not…
Read MoreThou shalt not kill
The rules serve two basic functions: They program the individual to obey authority and curb unwanted expressions of self -centeredness. We say “curb” purposefully , as absolute rules do not and cannot really eliminate a given activity; rather they operate to keep behaviors within a tolerable spectrum of deviance. One rule from the Ten Commandments,…
Read MoreMonkey God
… Monkey God [is a program that lets you] … generate your own universes… From Monkey God you can see how fine-tuned our universe really is and if there are other possible universes that could still give rise to carbon-based life as we know it. This program was invented by the physicist Victor Stenger and…
Read MoreMonkey Author’s Workshop
An American named Jesse Anderson has developed a computer program that tests whether enough monkeys typing on enough typewriters could ever reproduce the works of William Shakespeare. Anderson used Amazon’s cloud computing system to set up millions of “monkeys” (which are actually simple computer programs) that randomly bang out nine-character combinations. The program cross-references these…
Read MoreRevolutionary Insight
If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it, your voice) and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all. ((Erica Jong, American writer and feminist, 1942))
Read MoreMorphic Resonance
In its most general formulation, morphic resonance means that the so-called laws of nature are more like habits. The hypothesis of morphic resonance also leads to a radically new interpretation of memory storage in the brain and of biological inheritance. Memory need not be stored in material traces inside brains, which are more like TV…
Read MorePsychedelic Panspermia for Primates
Whether the mushrooms came from outer space or not, the presence of psychedelic substances in the diet of early human beings created a number of changes in our evolutionary situation. When a person takes small amounts of psilocybin visual acuity improves. They can actually see slightly better, and this means that animals allowing psilocybin into…
Read MoreThe Tree of Knowledge and the Neocortex
The story of Eve is actually quite similar to what… the scientific evidence suggests for the origin of primates… [a necessary] preadaptation for acute vision and large brains was the enjoyment of a diet of fruits and nectar (Eve’s fruit). When snakes (the Serpent) appeared, a particularly powerful selective pressure that favored expansion of the…
Read MoreHallucinogenic Mushrooms and the Knowledge of All Things
Ambrosia-eaters often enjoy a sense of perfect wisdom, resulting from a close co-ordination of their mental powers. Since ‘knowledge of good and evil’, in Hebrew… does not refer to the gift of moral choice, the ‘Tree of Life’ may have once been the host-tree of a particular hallucinogenic mushroom. ((Graves, Robert (2014-05-15). Hebrew Myths (Kindle…
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