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Re:The search for extraterrestrial life as we don’t know it by swayvil on Thursday February 02, 2023 @06:26PM (#34634819)
A hallucinogen is like a telescope.

Many users of hallucinogens report meeting "machine elves".

Maybe we should be looking there.

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Re:The search for extraterrestrial life as we don’t know it by Jerrrry on Thursday February 02, 2023 @07:08PM (#34635234)
no, common hallucinogenic tropes are just remnants of our evolved collective unconscious; not any proto-communications from other dimensions.

i am plenty familiar with them and other characters, and their lessons always seemed terrestrial, subconsciously familiar.

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Re:The search for extraterrestrial life as we don’t know it by swayvil on Thursday February 02, 2023 @08:15PM (#34635850)
"No", eh?

Well I've talked to them a bit too and I think there's somebody there.

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Re:The search for extraterrestrial life as we don’t know it by asfarley on Thursday February 02, 2023 @08:38PM (#34636045)
What did they say?
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Re:The search for extraterrestrial life as we don’t know it by swayvil on Thursday February 02, 2023 @08:46PM (#34636100)
That's rather beside my point, don't you think?
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Re:The search for extraterrestrial life as we don’t know it by CyberDildonics on Friday February 03, 2023 @04:31PM (#34647981)
That's like saying studying ambien will unlock the secrets to time travel.
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