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Drinking for 10,000 Years: Intoxication and Civilization: Edward Slingerland

Long Now: Conversations at The Interval

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The Transcranial Magnet Is the Solution to the Problem of the Four Year Olds

Alcohol is our lotec transcranial magnet that can take out the p f c. There actually is a very good reason why alcohol is associated with creativity and artistts, because it actually does make us more creative by down regulating the prefernal cortex. We have to be able to tie our shoes and get to school on time andnd do the things that adults do. It comes at the cost of this kind of creativity we have when we'r four year olds. What would be awesome is if we could remain adults, but every once in a while turn back the clock a bit and try to think like a four year old again.

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