Psychedelic-information-theory-Shamanism-in-the-age-of-Reason

dark-adapted eye utilizes the cone cells as opposed to the rod cells ofdaylight vision; cone cells are more photosensitive and more numerous,but they lack the color sensitivity and detail resolution of daylightrendering. 2Subjects on psychedelics often report increased luminosity andsaturation of colors, as well as halos or auras of light surroundingobjects. In closed-eye or low-light environments subjects report vividlysaturated geometric matrices, often rendered in swirling palettes offluorescent purple and neon green. 3 All of these reports fall within theexpected range of visible color spectrum, with the dark-adapted eyefinding more sensitivity in the shorter-wavelength, higher-frequency,violet to green ranges.There is speculation that some aspects of psychedelic hallucinationare the result of tuning the brain to receive radiation at a wider rangethan normal; bands associated with electromagnetic, metaphysical,morphogenetic, Akashic, or geomagnetic fields. The spectral argumentposits that the human brain is like a radio receiver for consciousness,and psychedelics allow the user to tune the brain to new perceptualfrequencies, possibly quantum or higher dimensional in nature. Thismetaphor may make intuitive sense, but no research exists to confirmany spectral advantage to psychedelics other than increasedphotosensitivity and some visual acuity at low doses. 4,5,6 Subjectivereports indicate that psychedelics may increase auditory or synestheticsensitivity to background electromagnetic noise, and the perception ofenergy fields or auras emanating from living organisms is reportedoften enough to warrant further scientific scrutiny, but these claimshave not been tested rigorously enough to be conclusive. 7Visual Frame AliasingSeamless perception relies on rapid frame updating to renderexternal changes in real time. Humans can render changes in reality atroughly 13-15 frames per second (fps, or Hz), which means that ourperception of reality fully refreshes itself roughly once every 77milliseconds (ms). Human frame perception is exploited by animationand film, which updates at 24 fps, and television, which updates near