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Binaural Beats

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I stand corrected.

Today I clicked the link and got to read the article, yesterday there was a banner covering most of the page telling me I needed to subscribe to read the article.

Interesting stuff, if seemingly a little far fetched.
 
I know we discussed this exact subject here just a few weeks ago, but a brief search brought up nothing. Have a feeling it was taken down by a moderator, possibly for a reason having nothing to do with the subject (IIRC it veered off topic at some point).

ETA: never mind, found it.
 
wmgwizard said:
I stand corrected.

Today I clicked the link and got to read the article, yesterday there was a banner covering most of the page telling me I needed to subscribe to read the article..
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I got the banner as well but it was only about subscribing to a newsletter, just clicked the X and off it went. You say yours almost covered the whole page, are you zooming? Could explain it...
 
KingBubba said:
Read this. It has me more than confused and I thought other minds discussing this subject my make this a little clearer:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a...-happy-horny-and-high?source=articles&via=rss

I don't get it in more than one way. I put this under headphones as I was unsure on where it might be posted. If mods find me in error, please move this to wherever it might belong Thanks
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Well since we don't have a dedicated psychoacoustics forum you came to the right place, or at least second-best. It involves headphones after all. It's not the first time I read about phenomena involving the temporary rewiring of the brain by dissonance causing a drug-like state of mine. Considering that many drugs such as opiate and opioid painkillers act by causing the brain to release natural substances such as endorphins, it almost makes sense.

So the pill, needle or suppository is not the active agent itself, its role is that of a trigger. I don't see why it wouldn't be the same for psilocybin, some of it contained in the brain, apparently involved in hypnagogic experiences when one is dreaming and is fully aware that it's a dream, an experience likened to that of taking psychedelics. Thet "magic mushrooms" merely coax the release of substances already present in humans and other mammals. If physical substances can do it who's to say that sound couldn't be a trigger as well although it doesn't seem to be as potent as the bona fide mushroom.

With regards to "Other binaural beat users have also compared the experience to microdosing on shrooms—albeit, it’s not a talk-to-Smurfs-in-the-woods kind of shroom high.." well, that's good. I never saw a Smurf in the flesh but have had numerous philosophical conversations with my dog Norton about the sociological aspects of overly indulging in mind-altering stuff. Norton suggested we expand the debate over by the fire hydrant where his friends hang out, in order get a fuller input of canine outlook on the matter. as they have porofound existentialist concerns. Norton is a straight dog and quite intelligent. He's not blue and doesn't live in a mushroom house.
 
There was a good deal of research done on the potential impact of binaural beats on states of human awareness by a guy by the name of Robert A. Monroe, and detailed in a book called “Far Journeys”. True or not? You be the judge.
 
I have read the article I posted a couple of times after posting and I still don't really get exactly what the process is. How are these "beats" produced, stored, played? It has to be a computer generated thing, but using what source, app, program? I'm gonna search the net to try to get a more complete understanding of this thing. It intrigues me.
 
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