Xorkoth said:Additionally, at very high, totally immersive doses of tryptamines, I have certainly experienced things which I thought were really there, such as entities approaching and interacting with me. Just because you haven't doesn't mean no one has.
The thing is I don't think this is an accurate representation of the psychedelic experience for the vast majority of people. I don't believe the majority of people who take LSD will see 3D aliens appearing in front of them with their eyes open. So why tell everyone that "If you take LSD you see aliens appear in front of you with your eyes closed"? The overwhelming majority won't. Certainly no-one I've ever met has see aliens appear in the room.
What is with your obsession with trying to force your own opinions on everyone anyway? Just accept that different people have different experiences and move on
I'm not trying to force my opinion on anyone more than you're trying to force your opinion on me. Do you want me to say "Yeah, you see 3D aliens talking to you in the room with you on acid" when hardly anyone does? I'll buy you a pint if we ever meet X but by golly I won't agree with something I think is inaccurate.
The vast majority of people who take psychedelics arn't going to see 3D aliens in front of them with their eyes open. End of story. I'm willing to accept that there are a minority of people who can see things that arn't there - but I question whether that's got as much to do with their own imagination than the LSD.
Could we have a poll on this and get some idea of how many people have seen a living 3D entity appear in front of them after taking psychedelics so we can check how common it is?