A depressed Psychology Bachelors gives some takes and reviews the artistic awesomeness that is Madoka Magica with a focus on Sayaka, who seems to be the most relatable character (for me). I created the backing music. You can listen to those tracks free at the links below.This goes pretty deep into my own backstory, hitting some intense topics. Prep…

I've started creating video forms of media similar to this podcast. Sorry that it's been so long since I've updated the podcast stream. I've been working relentlessly to upgrade the content for video as well as writing a book! Here is the video format:https://youtu.be/e_S-J0cCh9sThe written post:https://mad.science.blog/2022/09/02/soul-indoctrinati…

I've been wondering if ethical theories can be dangerous. Not because of the implications of the theory, but because of the way that discovering a new ethical idea puts you at odds with everyone else. Discovering a new ethical idea often challenges people's choices, which makes you a threat to their ways of life.http://www.twitter.com/BasicMorality…

How toxic rich business owners might resemble school shooters. This clip is from episode 28 with guest Kevin Ronca. This clip seems straightforward and useful for understanding political conflict and low empathy behaviors.I'm considering doing short and sweet clips of key points from longer episodes as a trend. What do you think?http://mad.science.…

An exploration of how those with schizophrenia may think differently than "ordinary" people. It is argued that ordinary people are delusional as well and this isn't the distinguishing factor. Ordinary people do not create beliefs in science or religion but instead, consume these ideas from those around them. The schizophrenic may either fail to con…

Reciprocal sociality is about how our behaviors are often mirrored with each other, particularly in the sense of prosocial and antisocial behavior. Awareness of this is useful for managing social conflicts. The blog:https://mad.science.blog/Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/qwerkyscienceIf you are interested in the psychology coaching service:https:/…

There is a quite lengthy description of one of the cooler ideas explored in this episode below. Some links first:If you'd like to support these projects and help me continue making more:https://www.patreon.com/qwerkyscienceMy Twitter is here:https://twitter.com/BasicMoralityI think the main effect of interest with psychedelics could be disruption o…

This episode is an exploration of dissociation as a general phenomenon of normal attention, trauma-induced dissociative responses, and the mechanisms of psychedelics & dissociative drugs.The article for this episode:https://mad.science.blog/2021/09/16/attention-as-the-mechanism-of-dissociation/If you'd like to support these projects and help me con…

We explore addiction-based society, loneliness, conformity, and how the internet can help us escape our social boxes. In this episode, I also bring up some of my own personal experiences and how this shaped my life. This episode led to more interesting tangents than I expected so I'll likely do such brainstorms again! If you have questions, email m…

Andrew Zuckerman is a researcher at the Qualia Research Institute. He joins us to talk about his project aimed at studying subjective perception of the effects of various drugs like LSD, DMT, and THC. Isla Weber, from the Intercollegiate Psychedelics Network, joins as a cohost. Watch Andrew Zuckerman's video project here:https://youtu.be/M8hRWngvd-…

A researcher studying traumatic brain injury and the potential use of psychedelics for TBI-related problems joins us today! Here we discuss the potential risks, benefits, and mechanisms of various drugs during discrete phases of TBIIf you'd like to support these projects and help me continue making more:https://www.patreon.com/qwerkyscienceVictor's…

Katherine is a medical student from Stanford who was also a winner in the recent PsychedelX competition. We chat about spirituality and psychosis. Haley Dourron joins us as a cohost as well!If you'd like to support these projects and help me continue making more:https://www.patreon.com/qwerkyscienceTwitter is here:https://twitter.com/BasicMorality…

The wonderful Manesh Girn appeared as a guest for this episode! He is known for his YouTube channel "The Psychedelic Scientist". We discuss various hot topics in the psychedelic research world and then later explore subjective experiences he's had. His channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCccafaIN6dwBwyl1cwNH90wIf you'd like to support these pr…

Come observe my cringey voice-acting in a dystopian short about the race to singularity and the hedonistic imperative. This was created a long time ago and now it has been updated for quality! I also created all of the music in this, which can be found on any music app by searching Gaej. Most of it is from the album Diality. Warning, this is dark. …

This writer is one of the inspirations for the ideas in Flicker and Cognitive Atomization. We explore a ton of different psychedelic ideas about how they work, what they do, how this influences society, how perception works, and more!Psychedelics information theory:http://psychedelic-information-theory.com/Follow me:https://twitter.com/BasicMoralit…

Kevin Ronca has arrived as a guest! An eye-opening exploration of the way addiction shapes our lives and how this underlies the stability of our lives, yet also traps us in behavioral scripts. Our civilization is a system of addictive processes being exploited in both mutualistic and parasitic ways.Follow Kevin:https://twitter.com/ronca_kevinFollow…

Psychedelics are true, society is false. What is even real? Ph.D. student Haley Dourron joins me to discuss her ideas on psychedelics, schizophrenia, society, and reality. I loved where this discussion went towards the end! Learn about PsychedelX here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGxqWmMII58Haley's Tweet Spothttps://twitter.com/HDourronJoin the …

Today we chat with the creator of the new documentary DMT Quest! He is also an independent DMT/psychedelics researcher. This conversation got into all kinds of interesting places. Watch his documentary: https://youtu.be/My95s6ZryPgJoin the other 13 patrons:https://www.patreon.com/qwerkyscienceBy Gaige Clark

A friend of mine, Derek Hetzler of the Reach and Reflect podcast, came onto the show and we talk about various topics, from alien curiosity, afterlife, consciousness, psychedelics, and how social media influences our world today. Towards the end, the viewers come into the conversation!Derek Hetzler's Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChs8BeC…

People sometimes claim that psychedelics give a false sense of insight. Or that they generate bad or false insights. I challenge this claim by showing that insights are generally false and that delusional ideas are normal. Our society operates through hierarchies of authority on knowledge and most people do not think of insights or original thought…

We explore the synesthetic infant hypothesis, how synaptogenesis may be related to synesthesia, and how savantism ties into this whole puzzle. Might we be able to program our learning culture with synesthetic upgrades?The relevant essay: https://mad.science.blog/2020/12/07/the-synesthetic-world-of-childhood/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BasicMoralit…

We discuss a whole range of topics: salvia, cannabis, cognitive atomization, psychedelics, illusions, the nature of perception, psychopharmacology, mechanisms, and much more!Twitter: https://twitter.com/BasicMoralityJoin the other 11 patrons :) https://www.patreon.com/qwerkyscienceBy Gaige Clark

From the origin of life, to the origin of death, join me on a journey into the psychedelic nature of evolution as I ponder whether we have evolved to die.The Essay:https://mad.science.blog/2021/01/07/the-evolution-of-death/Find me on Twitter:https://twitter.com/BasicMoralityBy Gaige Clark

The more I gazed into the perceptual world of the present moment, the more lost I became. Everything enhanced and started to feel surreal and exotic. It was the feeling that my senses buzzed louder and louder, until vividity.The described experience:https://mad.science.blog/2020/02/08/shamanism/By Gaige Clark

Had an amazing discussion with the wonderful Jeremy Hadfield. Bipolar disorder is discussed as an evolutionary adaptation that benefits the group, playing the role of the 'shaman' who can break from the cultural norms and help define new social rules. The lack of aversion may help these individuals oppose social norms and allow divergent thoughts t…

We cover the literature on psychedelics and mental health, psychedelics as a potential treatment for schizophrenia (only lightly covered, see the blog post for the entire argument), and a rambling of ideas pertaining to these topics. For the citations, check out the post titled Psychedelics and Schizophrenia, linked below.Special thanks to the two …

A special guest appears for the first episode of the season! Andres Emilsson from QRI and Qualia Computing has graced us with some epic discussion. We explore the Neural Annealing concept and how Cognitive Atomization fits in as well as discussion of human development, perception, evolution, psychedelics, ketamine, and more. The conversation was on…

I am conflicted on whether I think society is getting crazier or if a lot of suppressed thinkers have more collective influence because of the geographical limitations of society being lifted by the internet. I am going to post this anyway, its possible that both of these narratives are true at the same time as well.Beware, the audio is poorly mixe…

I believe psychedelics could heal schizophrenia, but it highly depends on the context of the situation. I also believe most cases of schizophrenia are really a response to trauma and negative experience.By Gaige Clark

"You are the summation of the five people you interact most with" some say, but perhaps it is more the summation of the judgments they identify you as. These identities can reinforce behaviors and set expectations and predictions on our behaviors that become a prison of personal progress. Break free from the question of "Who am I?"Home Sitewww.mad.…

We begin with an exploration of identity and selfness. We move into group psychology and the nexus and all the trippy ideas in between. This is the substrate of society, this is echo chambers, this is memes, this is hiveminds, this is the nexus.Home Sitewww.mad.science.blogSubscribe oniTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/qwerky-science/id1357…

We often compare ourselves to each other rather than an ideal reality. We should escape this loop that manifests into normalized suffering. Psychedelics may undo our coping mechanisms and reveal the true intensity of our lives.The video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nspcYKrDM_IHomepage for my content: https://www.mad.science.blog/Join the podcast…

I describe and talk about the evidence for the idea that mental illness is really a byproduct of cultural rejection, and is a normal response to such. This is important as the mental disorders talked about here are preventable causes of suffering.Support https://www.patreon.com/qwerkysciencehttps://www.mad.science.blog/musiqWatch the video here:www…

I explore the development of stigmatization in the vegan culture, as well as how it shapes personal psychological development. Also, going to vigils has personal psychological benefits that are often not discussed.Support https://www.patreon.com/qwerkysciencehttps://www.mad.science.blog/musiqWatch the video here:www.instagram.com/qwerkyscienceSubsc…

In this episode we cover quite a lot! Did you know schizophrenics experience reduced optical illusions? They see the more correct perception some studies show! The discussion goes into illusions and theory for what they are and why they exist, near death experiences, psychedelic theory, dissociative anesthesia, William White's DXM FAQ, ketamine's r…

Mic The Vegan shows up to the podcast! He is a popular YouTuber in the vegan world. He is also working on his masters in health science. We talk about his Starch Runner theory as well as a bunch of random topics, including ant self-recognition, island freeganism, and raw data til 4! Enjoy ^_^If you would like to join the action live, join the disco…

My first pod-movie release!The birth of a sufferless species seems to solve the 100-year long vegan crises for humanity. The species’ existence is perpetually positive, which has implications to its’ treatment by humans. Artificial Intelligence intervenes.Anyone who can suffer, has a more important wellbeing, than those who cannot suffer.The suffer…

This episode explores abstraction in further depth, a DMT hypothesis, and updates to the animal cognition argument, including criticism of IQ as a concept.Twitter http://www.twitter.com/basicmoralityInstagram http://www.instagram.com/qwerkyscienceLinks to the posts mentioned:DMT: Above Awe https://mad.science.blog/2018/03/22/dmt-above-awe/Abstracti…

Why does society stigmatize creativity? It has to due with fear of the unknown. More specifically, the fear of the risks of exploring the darkness. Are you more cautious, or more curious?Exploring Darkness https://mad.science.blog/2018/02/20/exploring-darkness-theory-of-creativity/By Gaige Clark

Some say that animals are less intelligent only according to anthropocentric definitions. I would like to clarify, that even by anthropocentric definitions, we still may not be the most intelligent. This post discusses this topic in depth, criticizing this assumption that I believe stems from dogma, similar to the assumption that Earth is the cente…

GRANDIOSITYDifference, or beneath.Grandiosity is the notion that you are superior to others around you.We can assume others are not like us, that they actually aren’t using an apparently simple façade, and that they are expressing their true selves. Then we will assume that the lack of complexity is because they are stupid. This is grandiosity.PARA…