Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them!

or, why we need to grow up and stop obsessing and reinforcing non-issues when there's plenty else in the world to be getting on with


Binaural beats

page sent me this link and i clicked to play the 2nd track. after a few seconds i had to turn it off because it weirded me out so much so abruptly.

it - the sensation produced by it - reminded me of DXM. i wasn't surprised to see this in the FAQ:

Binaural beats can be used to change the predominant brain wave frequency in a process called brain wave entrainment. It has been said that by changing the predominant brain wave frequency of the brain one may feel any number of effects including:

Change in consciousness
Detached Awareness
(Increased intuitive knowledge)
(Increased energy flow)

hah! i explained to page that it is probably just some interesting mind-fuck marketed to a particular audience, but apparently there is some less-than-superficial support for it:

When the perceived beat frequency corresponds to the delta, theta, alpha, beta, or gamma range of brainwave frequencies, the brainwaves entrain to or move towards the beat frequency.^[16] For example, if a 315 Hz sine wave is played into the right ear and a 325 Hz one into the left ear, the brain is entrained towards the beat frequency (10 Hz, in the alpha range). Since alpha range is associated with relaxation, this has a relaxing effect or if in the beta range, more alertness." - wiki

what I'm not keen about is how these are just rough dumb labels. you could say "it makes your brain relax", but you could just as well say "it makes your brain spaz out which causes sensations of relaxation", or even more simply "it causes psychosis, possible brain damage which may or may not be permanent".

anyway, like DXM, it seems fun to fuck around with, but there are potential risks and i wouldn't advise over-exposure for someone so psychotically vulnerable as myself

you can download gigs of sorted binaural tracks from isohunt/thepiratebay with the keywords "i-doser" and "binaural". be careful you get mp3s and not raw files tho.



Ronald Jenkees

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