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> What would be really interesting is some studies of the people who are in positions of authority to approve or disapprove such studies. What are their attitud

> What would be really interesting is some studies of the people who are in positions of authority to approve or disapprove such studies. What are their attitudes towards drugs in general and various psychedelics in particular? One thing I've learned about people over the years is that they rarely change, even in the face of evidence and solid persuasion - I speculate the reason these studies are being approved more now today than before is not because of reasoned policymaking, but simply one of demographic shift in the public-sector: Those who bought-in to the anti-psychedelic hysteria of the 1960s will have almost entirely aged themselves out of the DEA, university research oversight boards, and the pharma industry. In fact, as members of Gen X themselves are _aging-in_ to positions of power and decision-making we'll see things start to open-up.

aasasd 7y ago
Or, as Max Planck succinctly put it: “A new scientific truth does not generally triumph by persuading its opponents and getting them to admit their errors, but rather by its opponents gradually dying out and giving way to a new generation that is raised on it.”
- BurningFrog 7y ago
  Often summarized as "Science advances one funeral at a time".
  - DaiPlusPlus 7y ago
    _Society_ advances one funeral at a time. ...and that's just depressing :(
    - LocalH 7y ago
      That's really just the cycle of life forcing itself on us whether we like it or not. Sometimes humans collectively forget that we're biological entities first and foremost, with all the limitations and imperfections that come with that. Possibly, the most damaging human trait is arrogance. It causes us to get trapped inside a box, unable to look outside for other approaches.
coldcode 7y ago
Or more likely the same thing will happen. People always think old people are useless and that young people will change everything. But in reality only a few people of any generation are willing to change how things are done (and that can happen at any age). The rest won't take any chances and perpetuate the sameness. Then the next generation will come along and will think, finally the old people are done and we can do things right. Yet the few will still change the world in defiance of the many.

aasasd 7y ago

Or, as Max Planck succinctly put it: “A new scientific truth does not generally triumph by persuading its opponents and getting them to admit their errors, but rather by its opponents gradually dying out and giving way to a new generation that is raised on it.”

BurningFrog 7y ago
Often summarized as "Science advances one funeral at a time".
- DaiPlusPlus 7y ago
  _Society_ advances one funeral at a time. ...and that's just depressing :(
  - LocalH 7y ago
    That's really just the cycle of life forcing itself on us whether we like it or not. Sometimes humans collectively forget that we're biological entities first and foremost, with all the limitations and imperfections that come with that. Possibly, the most damaging human trait is arrogance. It causes us to get trapped inside a box, unable to look outside for other approaches.

coldcode 7y ago

Or more likely the same thing will happen. People always think old people are useless and that young people will change everything. But in reality only a few people of any generation are willing to change how things are done (and that can happen at any age). The rest won't take any chances and perpetuate the sameness. Then the next generation will come along and will think, finally the old people are done and we can do things right. Yet the few will still change the world in defiance of the many.