McKenna's "True Hallucinations..." (Can someone help provide citations?)

[mouthwater]

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McKenna makes a few claims that he alleges to be true but doesn't provide citations for them. I was hoping somebody could help me locate sources which verify his claims.

The first is:

Destruction of up to 95 percent of the brain does not impair memory function. It appears that memory isn't stored anywhere; memory seems to permeate the brain. Like a hologram, all of the memory seems to be in each part...

Secondly:

I will summarize the state of the art thus: current thinking concludes that the peak of the emergence of intelligence in the galaxy was achieved ten to one hundred million years ago, that most races in the galaxy are very old and sophisticated.

Can anybody help me verify these claims? I'd like to read more about them, and don't have any idea where to start. Any help?

Thanks.

I had some help offsite verify these claims, so I'll post them here for those interested.

Per the first claim, I was recommended to read "The Holographic Universe":

Originally Posted by Xvall

It delves into this aspect. Apparently studies were done with mice, and it turned out that after teaching a number of mice to navigate a maze - regardless of which portion of the brain they decided to remove - all of the mice remembered how to navigate it. (Albeit in a half-assed, half-brained manner.)

I do not know if this extends to the human brain as well, but there seems to be some validity to this claim.

Per the second claim, as provided by Cliff Anderson:

Originally Posted by Space Monkey

I think he's referring to the Drake Equation, although (typically) he overstates the case a bit.

Any further information is welcome.

[Trebor]

Go to http://mckenna.psychedelic-library.org and listen to his McGreen or else Tree of Knowledge series. I found them to be the most educational. Also he discusses the basic premise of meomory with John Steele.

[primal440]

Thanks for posting these links. As yourself I recently read True Hallucinations and also became compelled to the idea of a holographic memory and was left in awe wondering what where McKenna's sources and hungry for more insights. There's a lot more foodbrain on that book but unfortunately I didn't make any notes.

If it's of interest I'll post whatever I can find that could contribute more to this but I guess the way has already been pointed.

[Nagognog2]

"I will summarize the state of the art thus: current thinking concludes that the peak of the emergence of intelligence in the galaxy was achieved ten to one hundred million years ago, that most races in the galaxy are very old and sophisticated."


I know a talking dog from Pluto who can verify the exact date that intelligence appeared in the Universe. Anyone who would like to meet this dog has achieved the highest high possible with pot. Now they should go to bed and sleep it off.