This fucking bald imbecile indeed ruined like half the niche psych online communities due to his inane ramblings; he's also spread falsehoods far and wide (like "DMT is produced by the human body in potentially psychoactive quantities" - it's fucking not, it's produced in minutes amounts likely as a neurotransmitter production's side effect; or also "DMT is released when we die" - also complete bullshit)

And as for the experience, it really is profound. I like to link this article and this follow-up, both by Nick Sand, for newcomers

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Has he ruined any communities? The ones I frequent rarely mention him except to make fun of him

I feel like McKenna has a more negative effect only because people try to cite his theories as if it were done under rigorous scientific methods

[–] TheCaconym@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

I'm probably exaggerating a bit, but it has led to an influx of very vocal new members sometimes fairly deaf to discussion to many of them