Late reply but anyway...
"I think Andrew should stop playing "Terence Mckenna"and focus on biological function of DMT before going off the deep end straight into alien realms."
I focus on the alien intelligence aspect of the DMT state because that's what I'm interested in. I appreciate it's the "deep end" but there you go, it is what it is. I enjoy writing and talking about these things. I've always admitted to sitting at the weirder and much more speculative end of DMT discussion, but I do it because it fascinates and intrigues me. It's not for attention or to emulate TM -- it's just because these ideas are what I'm attracted to, and I think I have something to say on the issue (even if it is *highly* speculative).
There are other scientists that are interested in the potential biological function of DMT (Frecska and D. McKenna, etc), but it's not what lights my fire. Why should I focus only on the aspects of DMT that you (or others) think is most scientifically grounded? Can't we all be free to think and talk about what we're interested in most? Or should I focus on what *you* think I should focus on???
Do we need to firmly establish the biological role of DMT in humans before we consider the weirder and more speculative aspects? Same with the clinical use potential of DMT -- it's a separate topic and not everyone has to be involved in all aspects of DMT research. The Dreaming Jaguars video isn't about the clinical uses of DMT, which is why it wasn't discussed. And, BTW, I've never called my speculations "research" -- they are just that: speculations. Having fun with ideas and possibilities -- is that such a sin??
With regards to originality, can you point to where D. McKenna presents the ancestral neuromodulator hypothesis I presented in my 2013 paper? I've spoken to Dennis at length about my ideas (years after their publication) and, whilst Dennis and myself are in many ways on the same kind of wavelength (in that we both enjoy speculative ideas related to DMT) and many of our thoughts overlap, it's just nonsense to suggest I'm recycling his ideas. But anyway, it's not really important -- I haven't even thought about that hypothesis in years and many parts of it I would change/reject now.
And, finally, if people think I'm a loon, then so be it. It's never concerned me in the slightest -- it's your embarrassment, not mine.
Anyway, peace out.