Researcher publishes findings on psychedelic and visual illusion perception
1Oct 30 9:20 AM · 9d ago · 1 article · 1 post · 2 sources · development 1 of 2
The researcher published a detailed Substack essay describing the experience and framing it within QRI's broader hypothesis that consciousness has computational properties that can be studied through exotic mental states. The essay discusses how visual illusions serve as 'glitches' in normal perception that reveal underlying construction mechanisms.
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“Visual illusions are interesting for a related reason: they are small tears in the fabric of normal perception — glitches that make it apparent that there is active construction going on underneath.”