John Lilly

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John Lilly is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between June 25, 2023 and January 18, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “John Lilly’s bizarre theory of coincidences”; “John Lilly took giant doses of LSD in sensory deprivation tanks”. It most often appears alongside Programming And Metaprogramming The Human Biocomputer, ACX, Alignment Forum.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: June 25, 2023
  • Last seen: January 18, 2024

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

June 25, 2023 · Original source
3: Correction on the review of Programming And Metaprogramming The Human Biocomputer (subscriber only post): I wrote that the game Ecco The Dolphin was based on John Lilly’s bizarre theory of coincidences. Commenter Angela gave strong evidence that this is false - see here and also here, by the game designer - and all the resemblances are, uh, coincidental.
January 18, 2024 · Original source
Book Review: Programming And Metaprogramming The Human Biocomputer John Lilly took giant doses of LSD in sensory deprivation tanks and reported back on the results (the results were: he went crazy).