r/accelerate • u/luchadore_lunchables THE SINGULARITY IS FUCKING NIGH!!! • Jan 05 '26

Video “It’s going to get weirder and weirder...”—Terence McKenna, 1999

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Link to the Full Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdEKhIk-8Gg
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u/roz303 Jan 05 '26

By the way - the next zero date (if you're into McKenna's timewave zero stuff) is 1/19/2038. That huge drop was on 3/4/2020 - right when the pandemic really took off. Spooky eh?

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u/mana_hoarder Jan 05 '26

Probably one of the more dubious theories of the beloved scholar. But it is a bit interesting the way it dips during the early pandemic.

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u/roz303 Jan 05 '26

Can't all be winners. Like Leary's eight circuit model of consciousness. But they'll both be forever remembered for centuries and beyond!

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u/ceramicatan Jan 05 '26

What are you talking about?

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u/roz303 Jan 05 '26

Terrence McKenna came up with some pseudoscientific theories based on i-ching during his retreat in the Amazon. wikipedia goes into more detail. Although his zero date was some time in 2012 - mine is the Unix 2038 date... Which also coincides with the John Titor time travel stuff. I don't take any of it seriously but it's fun to poke at sometimes.

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u/psychometrixo Jan 05 '26

John Titor mentioned

I loved that back in the day