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You would trust something that permanently alters your opinion of the world, that could be forcibly administered to you? Nothing about this question suggests it

You would trust something that permanently alters your opinion of the world, that could be forcibly administered to you? Nothing about this question suggests it simply "helped you reveal something". To me it has connotations of mind control where your fundamental beliefs are altered through the use of biochem.

RobertoG 6y ago
>>"To me it has connotations of mind control where your fundamental beliefs are altered through the use of biochem." Of course, it has the terrifying possibility of mind control, but, from a philosophical point of view, it expose that our beliefs are biochem. Maybe that insight would make us to take them less seriously. That could be a good thing, I think. Taking some edge of the political discussion.
- Thorentis 6y ago
  You can alter a book by changing the ink on the page. Does that make the book's contents no more than ink?
  - RobertoG 6y ago
    If I can write a different text in the process, then yes, I suppose the important content of the book is the ink.
em500 6y ago
> You would trust something that permanently alters your opinion of the world, that could be forcibly administered to you? The second part is the problematic one, not the first, right? After all, reading or watching videos could also permanently alter your opinion of the world.
Broken_Hippo 6y ago
Lots of things permanently alters your opinion of the world. Much of this is forced on you. If your parents brought you up in religion, it alters you. Tragedy tends to alter people. War does this. Your parents dying might do this: The current pandemic has done this for some people. Jail does this to folks, too. Travel can do it, and relocating to another country definitely can do it too. In general, folks aren't going to forcibly administer this stuff to you. IF they do, they are generally either 1) bad friends or 2) The sorts of folks that have the power to torture you. Realistically, you choose to take it yourself. If I*m going to fundamentally change, I'd rather it be because of a positive thing I've chosen for myself, which includes hallucinogens.

RobertoG 6y ago

>>"To me it has connotations of mind control where your fundamental beliefs are altered through the use of biochem." Of course, it has the terrifying possibility of mind control, but, from a philosophical point of view, it expose that our beliefs are biochem. Maybe that insight would make us to take them less seriously. That could be a good thing, I think. Taking some edge of the political discussion.

Thorentis 6y ago
You can alter a book by changing the ink on the page. Does that make the book's contents no more than ink?
- RobertoG 6y ago
  If I can write a different text in the process, then yes, I suppose the important content of the book is the ink.

em500 6y ago

> You would trust something that permanently alters your opinion of the world, that could be forcibly administered to you? The second part is the problematic one, not the first, right? After all, reading or watching videos could also permanently alter your opinion of the world.

Broken_Hippo 6y ago

Lots of things permanently alters your opinion of the world. Much of this is forced on you. If your parents brought you up in religion, it alters you. Tragedy tends to alter people. War does this. Your parents dying might do this: The current pandemic has done this for some people. Jail does this to folks, too. Travel can do it, and relocating to another country definitely can do it too. In general, folks aren't going to forcibly administer this stuff to you. IF they do, they are generally either 1) bad friends or 2) The sorts of folks that have the power to torture you. Realistically, you choose to take it yourself. If I*m going to fundamentally change, I'd rather it be because of a positive thing I've chosen for myself, which includes hallucinogens.