big_fat_fluffy

Popular scifi, written to appeal to the majority, for tv and movies, is actually only one special kind of scifi. And the majority isn't known for its depth or taste.

I'm not saying that there aren't exceptions, but ya, that's how it is.

There's a whole world of written scifi where the point is basically to show you something strange. Ideas so weird that scifi is the only way to convey them.

Here's some free, online scifi by good authors. Your mind will be blown.

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/62074/friendship-is-optimal

https://qntm.org/structure

https://library.gift/fiction/9F6810564C853BD3EA7223E4AB1FA575

Is science fiction enough for talking about politics?

My fave is shrooms. Real friendly and powerful.

I have never done DMT. Apparently it's like shrooms, a tryptamine. But that isn't saying much I guess.

These days I meditate.

I've had some delightful times on LSD.

Also, it (and some other things) led me to meditation. And that's real magic.

Dune. Mentats. Those guys did LSD, obviously. Thoughts acquire speed and clarity.

Well he did think different. That includes his thinking about medicine.

So there are pros and cons to thinking different.

mmm

Splitting the obedient underclass from the disobedient underclass.

Maybe it's a staged event. The latest consensus-splitter / distraction.

Look how it has split us. Reddit deleting posts. Unironic discussion of guillotines.