Saturday, August 02, 2008
Existential Connections
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This theory would explain the psychedelic drug experience: an overworked LB tends to collapse first, leaving the RB in command. The RB continues in command for some time before its relatively diffuse duties also collapse, leaving the total brain in a state of chaos.
This fits with my LSD experiences back in the late '70s. This also fits with my booze experiences, and with my booze/ganja experiences.
If I am correct, booze, Ganja, and LSD affect the total brain, disabling the 'dominant brain' first, and allowing the 'back-up brain' to 'take over' for a while. Too much drug disables both brains, resulting in chaos until the drug has been metabolized.
It would seem to follow that as both brains recover, the RB recovers first, dominating LB recovery. Thus RB 'witnesses' the recovery of LB. This process astonishes RB, which never even suspected the existence of LB!
This theory would explain the psychedelic drug experience: an overworked LB tends to collapse first, leaving the RB in command. The RB continues in command for some time before its relatively diffuse duties also collapse, leaving the total brain in a state of chaos.
This fits with my LSD experiences back in the late '70s. This also fits with my booze experiences, and with my booze/ganja experiences.
If I am correct, booze, Ganja, and LSD affect the total brain, disabling the 'dominant brain' first, and allowing the 'back-up brain' to 'take over' for a while. Too much drug disables both brains, resulting in chaos until the drug has been metabolized.
It would seem to follow that as both brains recover, the RB recovers first, dominating LB recovery. Thus RB 'witnesses' the recovery of LB. This process astonishes RB, which never even suspected the existence of LB!
