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1. andai+gP5[view] [source] 2024-10-19 22:29:16
>>orcul+(OP)
When I was 13 or so, a friend asked me, "So, you speak three languages. Which one do you think in?" and the question left me speechless, because until that moment I hadn't considered that people think in words. It seemed a very inefficient way to go about things!

Much later, I did begin to think mostly in words, and (perhaps for unrelated reasons?) my thinking became much less efficient.

Also related, I experienced temporarily enhanced cognition while under the influence of entheogens. My thoughts, which normally fade within seconds, became stretched out, so that I could stack up to 7 layers of thought on top of each other and examine them simultaneously.

I remember feeling greatly diminished, mentally, once that ability went away.

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2. etcd+C56[view] [source] 2024-10-20 01:53:11
>>andai+gP5
With the drugs were you able to be more efficient for example code quicker, or was it more like better insights. Or perhaps both?
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