c/terence-mckenna
The largest collection of talks by Terence McKenna — visionary ethnobotanist and advocate for the mindful use of natural psychedelics.
…the 1860s, Darwin's theory was called the Darwin Wallace theory of evolution because there was a second person in the picture, Alfred Russel Wallace, who was, for my money, a better scientist and for damn sure a better field Mandev than Charles Darwin, but…
…have voices taken the wheel? Another example, one that's dear to my heart, is because I kind of identify with him, is Alfred Russel Wallace, who was a poor surveyor from Devon who was out collecting insects in Indonesia in the last century. And he got a…
…divine information, communicated as it were using everything necessary, sign language and so on. Well of course Alfred Russel Wallace, who was together with Charles Darwin developed natural selection, believed that the entire evolutionary process was being…
…chance then there must be some kind of intelligence involved, and it's hard to conceive what kind of intelligence it might be. But Alfred Russel Wallace had a go in this idea and I think he was very brave to do so. It's probably worth pointing out that…