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It seems difficult to say the least to maintain a non materialist point of view in the face of all the evidence that chemicals alter mental state.
by empath75 7y ago
It seems difficult to say the least to maintain a non materialist point of view in the face of all the evidence that chemicals alter mental state.
- davebryand 7y agoI thought the same thing until I had my first experience. Now it's hard to maintain a materialist point of view...
- empath75 7y agoI had the exact opposite experience. I’m having a hard time following the chain of logic that goes from a material substance altering the way you think to not believing that the mind is generated by the physical substance of the brain.
- monktastic1 7y agoWhy? If this reality is (something like) a dream, it wouldn't be all that strange if the dream contents (drugs, brains) behaved in ways commensurate with what's going on in "reality" (the mind of God or whatever), without those dream contents being the cause.