McKenna developed a computer model of time and he claimed that nature liked novelty and that it happened at particular times within the history of the world. His computer model showed where massive changes happened throughout history and it can apparently predict what will happen in time. The novelty factor peaks and troughs (the troughs show big changes and events such as war).
For a human, the novelty factor would be a life event or a revelation of sorts which then changes our behaviour.
This can be applicable to the behaviour of those people within this community, as before the members of it discovered the music, culture, the fashion and other people involved in the scene, they probably didn't have the mentality they did before. As much of the values and mind set of the 60s has been continued on to this generation of the community, it would create a wave effect of passing on.
As psychedelia is associated with the use of drugs, the general mindset of the community is very open minded and unprejudiced towards others. The 60s counterculture is very similar in ways to the present psychedelia scene, with the exception of most people involved protesting against war. The drug use is still a big factor within it and the attitude toward others is still the same.
Personally speaking, when I became more heavily involved with the scene, it did change many things for me. I started to dress more eccentrically than I did previously, became interested in the culture surrounding it and subsequently made friends with lots of new people through it. It has even had an impact on my photography work and any other artwork I create.
Having spoken to other members of the psychedelic community, they are in agreement that this 'novelty factor' changed and became a huge part of their lives.
Here is a video where Terence McKenna explains his theory
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