New documentary about John C. Lilly, the scientist who used LSD to communicate with dolphins and invented the sensory deprivation tank (video)
Pioneering psychonaut and neuroscientist John C. Lilly is best known for his work in the 1950s exploring whether humans and dolphins could communicate. His NASA-sponsored research—in which he gave dolphins LSD and took it with them—contributed to the broader field of animal cognition and interspecies communication that continues today, now powered by artificial intelligence. — Read the rest The post New documentary about John C. Lilly, the scientist who used LSD to communicate with dolphins and invented the sensory deprivation tank (video) appeared first on Boing Boing.
Pioneering psychonaut and neuroscientist John C. Lilly is best known for his work in the 1950s exploring whether humans and dolphins could communicate. His NASA-sponsored research—in which he gave dolphins LSD and took it with them—contributed to the broader field of animal cognition and interspecies communication that continues today, now powered by artificial intelligence. — Read the rest
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