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  1. Goswami uses the example of traffic lights - if consciousness affects reality, you still can't use your intent to change all your lights to green as this would interfere with the intention of people coming the other way. If there is more than one consciousness in the universe, then reality is a consensus, not something an individual can make up as they go along. A unified, God-like consciousness would have intent that transcends that of individual egos.
  2. The Paratopia podcast interviewed Terrence's brother, Dennis McKenna: http://paratopia.org/?page_id=10 I like Paratopia, it has a good mix of humour and scepticism while exploring a lot of ideas. There's an interesting episode on the subject of ayahuasca (the Brandon D one) too. I had such a crazy nightmare when I fell asleep listening to that one. They mention a common theme in ayahuasca trips is a sense that there is some kind of demonic parasite always with us wrapped around our soul that we're not normally aware of, it's so familiar that we don't distinguish it from ourselves. I was asleep as I heard this but lucid and I thought if you can see this demon in altered states perhaps you can see it when asleep so I sort of turned inside my head to look for it, and there it was. I completely freaked and tried to wake up and sleep paralysis kicked in which I interpreted as this demon locking me down as some kind of demonstration of power. Eventually I shook myself awake but I was still convinced it was real and that feeling just gradually faded. I'm still confused as to why I thought it was so real after I awoke. The dreams associated with my sleep paralysis episodes get more elaborate every time.
  3. Silver and gold moving very differently today.
  4. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6274 This article talks about the technological singularity that some are expecting as similar to the industrial revolution as a stage in human progress. It mentions that no one thing was responsible for the industrial revolution. Perhaps fiat currency was one of the many necessary things that came as part of the change, just as a further progress will demand an entirely new form of currency again soon. Maybe fiat can only work in an era of small governments and a relatively slow pace of commerce. In a time of globalisation, increasing powerful money issuers, increasing velocity something new may be necessary, technologically advanced enough to reflect the era that demands it. How about bank notes made of nanobots? This way currency might not only represent work, but could also do the work - the ultimate guarantee of value. A chest of drawers would cost ten pounds, because a ten pound note would actually build you a chest of drawers.
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