Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics

So, psychedelics can give you a longer exposure vision.

It might be useful for looking at stars and galaxies. Not so much for everything else.

Caffeine can cause pupil dilation - might be useful for low light conditions, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have plenty of other effects and uses. Same for any other drug

It's not just vision!

Psychedelics give all perceptions including mental concepts "long exposure" as well, causing them to overlap in ways which rarely happen sober.

This allows for forming wholly new connections and insights otherwise out of reach for the sober mind.

Citation? I have done a few and didn't really experience anything like that. Most things to me seemed somewhat shallow just like this visual trick.

It was fun though!

You have to try it to have any idea. The effects are beyond any words or concepts that can be expressed vocally or through internet text.

> Psychedelics give all perceptions including mental concepts "long exposure" as well, causing them to overlap in ways which rarely happen sober.

> This allows for forming wholly new connections and insights otherwise out of reach for the sober mind.

For me, LSD seemed to reveal some brand new type of thought or concept that could be recognized by the sound or impression that it made. My speech center would spit out complete gibberish when fed these types of thoughts. Actual quotes I typed while on LSD:

"can have a haves and take a three sixteenth quarters"

"can have an um somethings or others .... mmm much of somethings or others.... can havings a taken umpteenth very good time ...."

Normal thoughts for me are based on words and images, but these ones were based on some sort of "proximity". I could somehow sense the strength of certain patterns, recognize them, and manipulate them, even if they had no actual meaning. It felt like I got to re-learn very basic fundamental concepts in the form of this brand new type of thought. Some of them just felt pleasant to think about even if I didn't know what they meant, so I'd commonly find them looping in the background. I still find this extremely fascinating and it's probably one of the biggest reasons why I hope to have more psychedelic trips in the future.

I learned plenty of patterns and have plenty of memories of them, but seemingly can't decode those memories when sober, probably because those mental patterns simply aren't visible to me right now. I can remember certain types of artifacts generated by them though, like the gibberish words, some sounds, etc., at least the ones I committed to memory.

most "recreational/party drugs” change the hardware, like pupils dilate, heart rate, pores open or close

psychedelics, specifically LSD and psilocybin, are like a software change, enough is like a firmware change. When it comes to sight, its more like some side image decoder in the image processing pipeline is modified, as opposed to your eye hardware or brain/storage itself. some people experience a latent side effect called HPPD (Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder) where they get these visual distortions for days to years after every other affect has gone away. this is an area that needs research but is quite obscure and getting there is too vilified right now.