Psychedelics, Neuroscience, and Decoding the Mathematics of the Soul
Bicycle Day, and the Question It Doesn’t Ask
April 19—Bicycle Day—is often honored with reverence. It marks the day Albert Hofmann, after taking LSD intentionally for the first time, rode his bicycle home through the streets of Basel. That ride changed the world. Not because he saw colors or patterns, but because he saw that consciousness could be altered. That what we perceive as reality is anything but fixed.
The psychedelic renaissance—spanning medicine, spirituality, and art—is a direct descendant of that moment. And it’s produced wonders: new treatments, ancient insights reborn, and profound stories of healing.
But as we celebrate these substances, I’d like to offer a playful challenge:
What if the soul—the psyche—is real, structured, and mathematical?
And what if mathematics, not molecules, is the most direct path to understanding how it actually works?
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