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Screenshot of slimemoldtimemold.com: Have attention spans been declining?

Have attention spans been declining?(slimemoldtimemold.com)

595 points by janandonly 3 years ago | 435 comments

A Slime Mold Time Mold blog post, a reader-submitted finalist in its Mysteries Contest, examining whether human attention spans have actually been declining.

attention-span psychology slime-mold-time-mold cognitive-science

Screenshot of qri.org: Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics

Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics (qri.org)

561 points by robinhouston 3 years ago | 252 comments

Qualia Research Institute blog post announcing a contest to create 'psychedelic cryptography': messages decodable only in non-ordinary states of consciousness.

psychedelics consciousness cryptography qualia-research-institute

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Have attention spans been declining?(slimemoldtimemold.com)

Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics(qri.org)

Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics (qri.org)