Comment by sampl3username
1 year ago
Using psychedelics, specifically 2C-B and LSD, you can also see very saturated colors you don't normally see in daily life. I see very saturated magentas.
1 year ago
Using psychedelics, specifically 2C-B and LSD, you can also see very saturated colors you don't normally see in daily life. I see very saturated magentas.
I wonder how much of this is ‘seeing’ and how much is emergent in the brain due to the drug. I suspect the latter, but that’s just opinion.
“how much of this is ‘seeing’ and how much is emergent in the brain”
Yeah… it’s gonna be hard to distinguish those in the best of circumstances.
Seeing is also an illusion by the brain, all colors are in your head.
I realise that, I’m just speculating on when the effect emerges. Whether it’s because of changes in the cones (which are the tips of nuerons) or a later emergent property.
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"Seeing" starts pretty much at the retina level and along the optic nerve. Lots of signal processing and data compression going on there. I wouldn't be surprised if hallucinogens affect those areas as well.
Everything is quite intense that way with 2C-B, very very rich, but in a more psilocybin way than LSD. 2C-B is super weird, I find it hard to pinpoint what it is about 2C-B that is so unique among the phenethylamines/tryptamines.