DMT Entities Decoded by Coupled Oscillators
Curt Jaimungal
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Live from MIT Media Lab’s Augmentation Lab Summit, I speak with Andres Gomez-Emilsson of the Qualia Research Institute about modeling consciousness and rendering it. You haven't seen psychedelic visuals /experiences explained like this before. We separate qualia from sensory input and map the “geometry” of experience through color—synesthesia, pure hues, after-images, and “is your blue my blue?” Andres demos QRI’s GPU tool, a Photoshop for psychedelia built on coupled oscillators and feedback. It recreates LSD/psilocybin’s fractal tapestries, DMT’s entity-like mirror tunnels, global synchrony, and “white-out.” We cover “psychedelic thermodynamics,” neural annealing and valence flips, and pseudo-time—loops and timeless stretches. The episode makes a case for real-time, in-state phenomenology over questionnaires. This was specifically structured to be informative to both those who have never experienced psychedelics and those who are, let’s say, well acquainted.
Thank you to Dunya Baradari, Addy Cha, and Andres, of course.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - What is Qualia (and Why It's Not Sensory Input)
06:47 - The Geometry of Color: Is My Blue Your Blue?
12:54 - Beyond Deep Dream: Building a "Photoshop" for Psychedelic Phenomenology
23:35 - How Coupled Oscillators Generate Psychedelic Visuals
35:31 - Can Phenomenology Reveal the Fundamental Laws of Reality? (Zero Ontology)
41:32 - 5-MeO-DMT: Simulating Oneness & Testing for a "Shared Field"
53:26 - The Geometry of Suffering & Bliss (Neural Annealing)
1:02:55 - How Psychedelics Distort Time (The Pseudo-Time Arrow)
1:12:34 - The Origin of DMT Machine Elves & Mantis Beings
1:20:17 - The Mission of the Qualia Research Institute (QRI)
Augmentation Lab at MIT Links:
X: https://x.com/auglab
Site: https://augmentationlab.org
ekkolapto: @ekkolapto3
Links Mentioned:
Qualia Research Institute: https://qri.org/
The Secret Of The Universe In A Geometric Object [Article]: https://heart.qri.org/retreats/2023-c...
Andres’s Previous Appearance [TOE]: The Science of New States of Consciousness...
The Zero Ontology: https://www.hedweb.com/nihilism/nihil...
The Consciousness Iceberg [TOE]: The Complete Consciousness Iceberg | 2 Hou...
Psychedelic Cryptography [Article]: https://www.vice.com/en/article/psych...
Albert Nerenberg: https://www.hypnologist.net/
Neil Turok [TOE]: The Most Astonishing Theory of Black Holes
The Pseudo-Time Arrow [Article]: https://qualiacomputing.com/2018/11/2...
Julian Barbour [TOE]: The Physicist Who Says Time Doesn't Exist
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DMT Entities Decoded by Coupled Oscillators
Curt Jaimungal
129,883 views
Improve your sleep today! Head to https://evening.ver.so/toe to get 15% off your first order of Verso's Nightcap Elixir.
Every episode days early, ad-free, plus my essays: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/su...
Full Q&A here: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/p/...
Live from MIT Media Lab’s Augmentation Lab Summit, I speak with Andres Gomez-Emilsson of the Qualia Research Institute about modeling consciousness and rendering it. You haven't seen psychedelic visuals /experiences explained like this before. We separate qualia from sensory input and map the “geometry” of experience through color—synesthesia, pure hues, after-images, and “is your blue my blue?” Andres demos QRI’s GPU tool, a Photoshop for psychedelia built on coupled oscillators and feedback. It recreates LSD/psilocybin’s fractal tapestries, DMT’s entity-like mirror tunnels, global synchrony, and “white-out.” We cover “psychedelic thermodynamics,” neural annealing and valence flips, and pseudo-time—loops and timeless stretches. The episode makes a case for real-time, in-state phenomenology over questionnaires. This was specifically structured to be informative to both those who have never experienced psychedelics and those who are, let’s say, well acquainted.
Thank you to Dunya Baradari, Addy Cha, and Andres, of course.
Join My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b9...
Timestamps:
00:00 - What is Qualia (and Why It's Not Sensory Input)
06:47 - The Geometry of Color: Is My Blue Your Blue?
12:54 - Beyond Deep Dream: Building a "Photoshop" for Psychedelic Phenomenology
23:35 - How Coupled Oscillators Generate Psychedelic Visuals
35:31 - Can Phenomenology Reveal the Fundamental Laws of Reality? (Zero Ontology)
41:32 - 5-MeO-DMT: Simulating Oneness & Testing for a "Shared Field"
53:26 - The Geometry of Suffering & Bliss (Neural Annealing)
1:02:55 - How Psychedelics Distort Time (The Pseudo-Time Arrow)
1:12:34 - The Origin of DMT Machine Elves & Mantis Beings
1:20:17 - The Mission of the Qualia Research Institute (QRI)
Augmentation Lab at MIT Links:
X: https://x.com/auglab
Site: https://augmentationlab.org
ekkolapto: @ekkolapto3
Links Mentioned:
Qualia Research Institute: https://qri.org/
The Secret Of The Universe In A Geometric Object [Article]: https://heart.qri.org/retreats/2023-c...
Andres’s Previous Appearance [TOE]: The Science of New States of Consciousness...
The Zero Ontology: https://www.hedweb.com/nihilism/nihil...
The Consciousness Iceberg [TOE]: The Complete Consciousness Iceberg | 2 Hou...
Psychedelic Cryptography [Article]: https://www.vice.com/en/article/psych...
Albert Nerenberg: https://www.hypnologist.net/
Neil Turok [TOE]: The Most Astonishing Theory of Black Holes
The Pseudo-Time Arrow [Article]: https://qualiacomputing.com/2018/11/2...
Julian Barbour [TOE]: The Physicist Who Says Time Doesn't Exist
SUPPORT:
Become a YouTube Member (Early Access Videos):
@theoriesofeverything
Support me on Patreon: Patreon: curtjaimungal
Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE
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