Let's make this birthday one to remember.

78 years old (Born on November 16, 1946)

Happy cosmic birthday, Terence McKenna! May your day be filled with novelty waves and friendly machine elves dancing joyfully in hyperspace. Your groundbreaking insights into consciousness expansion and the mysteries of reality continue to inspire minds everywhere—though we're still decoding exactly what those mischievous entities were trying to tell us.

From exploring psychedelic frontiers to theorizing about time's fractal nature, you've certainly kept life interesting (and weirdly wonderful). Here's hoping this year brings you even more mind-bending adventures—and perhaps a few less cryptic conversations with interdimensional beings. Cheers to another trip around the sun—or through it!