Impressionism is simply twenty minutes into LSD.

Drugs induce paranoia and psychosis in people who have never taken any.

History is the siren song of the soul.

Human history is a Gaian dream.

National governments are under paid, under staffed, and under talented.

I think it's the sheer power of the hallucinogens that puts people off. You either love them or you hate them, and that's because they dissolve world views. And if you like the experience of having your entire ontological structure disappear out from under you, if you think that's a thrill, you'll probably love psychedelics.

Science is the exploration of the experience of nature without psychedelics. And I propose, therefore, to expand that enterprise and say that we need a science beyond science. We need a science which plays with a full deck.