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Does anyone else feel like HN has a really silly optimism about psychedelic drugs? Like it's just a foregone conclusion that if you are dying of cancer the best

• pstuart 10y ago
  No. What's silly is your argument. Drugs are a tool and it is very much a hacker thing to want to learn about these tools and how they can be best used. Any sort of "promotion" you're reacting to could also be construed of people who see value in these tools regardless of official public policy.
  • Jgrubb 10y ago
    I'm just saying - if you'd left out that first sentence you wouldn't be getting downvoted.
    • pstuart 10y ago
      Yeah, I know better but was too annoyed at the time.
• rednerrus 10y ago
  If it helps people to feel at peace that should be ok, right?
• razakel 10y ago
  >Does anyone else feel like HN has a really silly optimism about psychedelic drugs? Like it's just a foregone conclusion that if you are dying of cancer the best thing you can do is take drugs? I think it's silly to dismiss it out of hand. Remember that the founder of the most valuable company in the world literally said that taking LSD was one of the most important experiences of his life. 1960s counterculture played a role in the personal computer revolution. Psychedelic drugs were part of that. I would suggest you read What the Dormouse Said by John Markoff.
• midgetjones 10y ago
  All I see is people reporting their own experiences. If you've been brought up to think that all drugs are inherently bad, then that might be difficult to come around to.
• collyw 10y ago
  No I think the war on drugs banning potentially useful things is far stupider.