Title: Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer: Theory and Experiments
Publisher: Three Rivers Press/Julian Press
Publication Date: 1987
Language: English
ISBN 10: 051752757X
ISBN 13: 9780517527573
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 2nd Edition
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Weight: 1.05 pounds

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In this pioneering study, renowned scientist Dr. John C. Lilly explodes our sense of the boundaries of the human brain, as he details his controversial experiments with exploring the mind's vast potential. Starting from the position that man is essentially a biological computer, Lilly explains we are all born with some "programs"--such as eating, sleeping, and feeling pain--ingrained in our genetic code. Our ability to take in new information and to develop ideas beyond these innate programs depends on our capacity for "metaprogramming," or learning to learn. Here Lilly documents both the methods and results of his famous experiments with expanding the mind's metaprogramming power with LSD and sensory deprivation. By altering the brain's normal operations with psychotropic substances or freeing it of the need to create a safe environment, the range of human thought, Lilly contends, can be increased beyond any previous expectations. Combining intellectual creativity and scientific rigor, Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer provides intriguing insights into the workings of the brain and the process of thought.

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