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My New Article “Cannabis: An Underrated Tool for Mind Enhancement” published by Reality Sandwich

More than half a century ago, astronomer and science popularizer Carl Sagan, one of the most renowned scientists in the US at the time, smoked a joint and took a shower. His…

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16. August 2024

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ELEVATED, Book Chapter 3: “Cannabis, Creativity, and Cognitive Liberty”, Part IV

The Persistent Mindful Surfer (PERMIS) – Approach The surfboard is a very useful metaphor especially as it concerns a point that relates to Hommel’s metacontrol states model (MSM) of creativity, for which…

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27. July 2023

Book Chapter
Release of my New Book “Elevated. Cannabis as a Tool for Mind Enhancement”

Hilaritas Press, Grand Junction, Colorado, just announced the publication of my new book „Elevated. Cannabis as a Tool for Mind Enhancement.“ Hilaritas is the publishing house of Christina Pearson, daughter of legendary…

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1. June 2023

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“9 Ways in which Cannabis can Impact Your Thinking”

Gregory Frye, editor-in-chief of the magazine “The Bluntness”, summarizes some of my research in his new article on nine ways in which cannabis can impact your thinking, including the hyperfocus of attention…

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27. April 2021

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Marijuana, Empathy, and Severe Cases of Autism

“You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.” John Steinbeck, writer, 1902-1968 “Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eye for…

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3. March 2016

Essays
GUINEA – A Guerrilla-Neurophilosophical Approach to High Science

What is it like to be high? What is the positive potential of this altered state of consciousness for medical and inspirational uses? How exactly does marijuana enhance cognitive functions like our…

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27. August 2015

Essays
Marijuana and Creativity – A Love Story

“O! For a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” William Shakespeare (1564-1616) In a good relationship, a loving partner can inspire you and help your creative output…

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11. May 2015

Essays
Marijuana and The Slowdown of Time Perception

“Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.” Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, English novelist…

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22. April 2015

Essays
Marijuana, Pattern Recognition, and What it Means to be ‘High’

“To understand is to perceive patterns.” Isaiah Berlin, philosopher, 1909-1997 “As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.” Henry van Dyke,…

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7. April 2015

Essays
Vipers, Muggles, and The Evolution of Jazz

“I’m the king of everything Got to get high before I sing Sky is high, everybody’s high If you’re a viper…” ‘Viper’s Drag’ (1934), by Fats Waller Without doubt the history…

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24. March 2015

Essays

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