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    Medical LSD: The Geek's Wonder Drug? [Wired News]

    I don't think I could disagree more. A) It's easy enough to make regardless of its legality. B) It can be harmful to people who have had troubled and traumatic pasts and can agitate and underlying mental illness in those who may be more vulnerable. Ecstacy and LSD fall into the same...
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    Red rain phenomenon of Kerala - aka alien rain?

    I was just in a discussion about this on another forum weeks earlier. I dug this pdf up that offers one scenario. A bit lengthy but it has pics of the "cells" :) . http://arxiv.org/ftp/astro-ph/papers/0310/0310120.pdf
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    Medical Do certain colors trigger certain areas of brain activity?

    Ahhh the old hallucinogen enduced epiphany. Never fails.
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    Medical Do certain colors trigger certain areas of brain activity?

    The problem with color and perception is that it varies from culture to culture, and even varies on a smaller individual level. I remember a thread on here a while ago regarding object identification through EEG, similar to what you are proposing.
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    Fear of Death: A Philosophical Inquiry into Coping with Uncertainty

    I'd like to build on this. It is human nature to crave understanding. But through out history we have had a problem with speculating about the unknown. The Earth is flat, the sun revolves around the earth. Humans observed these events happening and this is what they thought, this is the...
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    Medical Dealing with Anxiety Disorder: 19 YO's Story

    I would see a psychiatrist. To feel immense anxiety like that is not normal, and can interfere with learning and memory, as well as sleep paterns and over all health. It is a common problem, and is normal to feel some anxiety, but not to the point of "blacking out". Would you say you are...
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