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...-murdering, sexist, consumerist, shallow, trivial, inane, insane, and dangerous. That’s what they alienate us from. So again, this neotenization thin...

... snort ketamine, can’t you, though? You can, but I’ve heard that it’s dangerous. When they give it as an anesthetic it’s 600 mg IV push, which must b...

...ed by evolutionary biologists to be there to degrade, uh, potentially dangerous or toxic monoamine that might be taken in through the diet. So it's v...

...ically-inspired citizen, or the psychedelically-inspired shaman, is a dangerous force. Even in traditional societies, the shaman is central to the so...

... Question from audience Well somebody once asked me, you know, “Is it dangerous?” And the answer is, only if you fear death by astonishment. But deat...

...d I was dumbstruck with amazement. Occasionally people ask me 'Is DMT dangerous?', and I think the honest answer is 'only if you fear death by astoni...

...am, this kindling effect is....can be cons---I don't want to say it's dangerous. I just want to say, it's a warning sign, because the same kind of ki...

...s side of the yawning grave, without doubt. I mean, people say ‘is it dangerous?’. Well, the answer is ‘only if you fear death by astonishment!’. Yes...

... it is that you doses that scare you. These things are not physically dangerous and yet they are terrifying at what are pharmacologically completely ...

...hing. I mean, DMT is a neurotransmitter. People sometimes say, "Is it dangerous?" The answer is, "Only if you fear death by astonishment!" Woman: So ...

...great vision and great ego can make tremendous impact. So it's a very dangerous situation. We saw this in the 1930s in Germany and in Europe, where t...

... argument with bated breath [clears throat]. Carefully! Because, it’s dangerous. It’s dangerous because it’s seasonally variable, geographically vari...

..... and people say "is there risk, to DMT? it sounds so intense. Is it dangerous?". The answer is: yes, it's tremendously dangerous; the danger is the...

... the unknowable because the impact it has on you to go there would be dangerous, (2nd commentator) From the place of the unknown they could glimpse v...

...a is that it's completely benign even as you approach a fantastically dangerous dose. EG: It is amazing because Adam puts you in a state of love even...

...y liquid fuel upper stages in the cargo bay, which was considered too dangerous. They had to carry solid fuel. It’s safer but it packs very little pu...

...se self-organized to buy you off at the moment when you might be most dangerous to its values and goals. Q: ...trying to reach harmony [???] TM: Well...

...inst these substances, as a general argument, is isn’t this extremely dangerous? Well, with DMT, it’s the most powerful of all hallucinogens and at t...

...patient into the space kinds of therapies, because that is incredibly dangerous and demanding work, but it’s what people must do if they want to uh, ...

... everybody can get together on the idea that psychedelics are somehow dangerous and antisocial and pose some kind of threat to the body politic. That...

...get the chemical thing sorted out. Because the chemical – it could be dangerous. It would be very easy to overdose by a factor of ten, twenty, thirty...

...s baffling to me. Society is so schizophrenic on this topic. The most dangerous drugs are alcohol and tobacco, both fully established in the engines ...

...umber of times and it's been interesting but it feels watery and dark dangerous to me. There was a period when I lived in Nepal when I became aware t...

...n integrated into the cultural model then they are definitely seen as dangerous forces for an unpredictable sort of social change. Now, if the halluc...

...val, can exemplify these two principles then we can navigate past the dangerous shoal that threatens any idea that attempts to leave its cult status ...

... a stick of dynamite into a rotten apple. Q: How come we have so many dangerous people in power positions? TM: Well, monkey tribes are about pecking ...

...takes the drug, or... TM: No I don't think so. I think that it’s very dangerous. I do not tell people that it’s safe because, uh, I don't have the fa...

...ous accomplishments of the species. All the compounds are potentially dangerous, and all compounds, at sufficient doses or repeated over time, involv...