What Norman Ohler thinks about consciousness
German writer and journalist, author of Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich and Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age.
Norman Ohler did not write this page.
We collected these quotes from things they published elsewhere, and every quote links to where it was said. They have no account here and have not endorsed this site. Quotes are word for word; the short line under each one is our own restatement, not their wording. Their own site. Is this you? Claim it or ask us to remove it. Or tell us what is wrong here.
Filter consciousness · Newest first
Only Norman Ohler on consciousness. See everyone on consciousness
1 dated position, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Norman Ohler has said — not written or endorsed by them.
-
Our readingThe Neanderthals lost to us because they had no drug culture — they were too sober for the future.
Their wordsAnd I think, a lot of evidence kind of points to it that we were able to develop our consciousness in a better way than the Neanderthals, who did not have a drug culture. They were basically too sober for the future. We assimilated them.
↗Norman Ohler: Hitler, Nazis, Drugs, WW2, Blitzkrieg, LSD, MKUltra & CIA | Lex Fridman Podcast #481youtube.com 18th of 22 in this recording