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I'm planning to offer them a cup of aojiru - that'll help keep them at bay
So, I read through most of the transcript with Dennis McKenna featuring Matthew Stahl. It seems unlikely that this 'LSI' is pharmacologically active. He needs to isolate a pure compound and perform professional molecular evaluation in order to prove its existence. Then, determine its activity with carefully controlled studies. All of which could take, well, who knows how long! Experimentation is one thing, but to call his experiments the "Ancient LSA of Vedic SOMA Eleusis and so on and so forth.." I mean, c'mon, we need to verify these things. It just seems a bit cultish, as if he's leading everyone forward into thinking, "oh, well just read my book and you'll understand." No, that's not how science works.
Always a pleasure reading what Dennis has to say. At this point, assuming he has some capability to do so, Matthew has no choice but to proceed and continue speaking publicly, and eventually work with credentialed academics and chemists. Time for science to bust the door wide open! All he's got to lose are his Aojjiru jars.
Always a pleasure reading what Dennis has to say. At this point, assuming he has some capability to do so, Matthew has no choice but to proceed and continue speaking publicly, and eventually work with credentialed academics and chemists. Time for science to bust the door wide open! All he's got to lose are his Aojjiru jars.
Well, here it is:
While the hypothesis makes for a compelling assemblage of ethnobotanical and historical information, the first ten minutes of the podcast have been, for me, less than enthralling to listen to. Maybe it picks up later. 69ron namedrop is at 40:33, followed by some bull…stuff.
That, indeed, is and has been exactly the problem.
Dennis McKenna does call him out ever so gently later on: timestamp
and goes on to express some of the criticisms that chemists have been making.
I've had to listen in ten minute stints to keep the experience bearable. The level of self-promotion doesn't quite reach that of some more famous multi-billionaires, but there's a certain parallel in claiming to have invented stuff which already exists, in particular apply pre-established chemical procedures to the production of THH from harmaline, and its subseqent isolation using ammonia: timestamp
and goes on to express some of the criticisms that chemists have been making.
I've had to listen in ten minute stints to keep the experience bearable. The level of self-promotion doesn't quite reach that of some more famous multi-billionaires, but there's a certain parallel in claiming to have invented stuff which already exists, in particular apply pre-established chemical procedures to the production of THH from harmaline, and its subseqent isolation using ammonia: timestamp
I wish I'd thought of doing this before actually attempting to listen to the podcast, although Dennis McKenna is astoundingly gracious in his handling of an absolute crackpot.
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