Alien Information Theory
by Andrew R Gallimore · first published 2019
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…follow an interesting rabbit hole, listen to Hamilton Morris and Dr. Andrew Gallimore chat in a recent video: https://youtu.be/ba5pAjM8HZM If anything has peaked your curiosity, consider his books “Alien Information Theory” and “Reality Switch Technologies” Also, DMTx is undeniably interesting from my point of view. We’ve recently completed a trial involving hour long sessions in extended DMT state
on “What Hallucinogens Will Make You See” ↗…previous work/book, ie A new kind of science. If you're interested in the subject and also can appreciate what feels like a piece of performance art give the following book a shot: https://www.amazon.com/Alien-Information-Theory-Psychedelic-... It's mind-blowing and uses as one of its starting points Wofram's 1D cellular automata work.
on “The Wolfram Physics Project” ↗I feel compelled to recommend a couple of books: Mind and Nature by Gregory Bateson and Alien Information Theory by Andrew Gallimore
on “A Philosopher on Drugs” ↗Alien Information Theory by Andrew Gallimore Excerpt reading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxC2cyg-cTg Less about psychedelics, but a great accessory read is Mind and Nature by Gregory Bateson
on “What Hallucinogens Will Make You See” ↗So one of the most "out there" non-fiction books I've read recently is called "Alien Information Theory". It's a wild ride and there's a lot of flat-out crazy stuff in it but it's a really engaging read. It's written by a computational neuroscientist who's obsessed with DMT. The DMT parts are pretty wild,…
on “Visualizing Attention, a Transformer's Heart [video]” ↗Have you read Alien Information Theory: Psychedelic Drug Technologies and the Cosmic Game by Andrew R. Gallimore [0], and do you have any thoughts on his cosmology vis a vis cellular automata? And perhaps also the same question related to…
on “AMA: I'm Dave Greene, an accidental expert on Conway's Game of Life” ↗