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On the one hand, HN is terrified of brain-computer interfaces manipulating our brains and emotions, on the other hand, they're totally psyched about using mushr
by vlunkr 6y ago
On the one hand, HN is terrified of brain-computer interfaces manipulating our brains and emotions, on the other hand, they're totally psyched about using mushrooms to do the same thing.
- FPGAhacker 6y agoWe are not a homogenous group.
- phito 6y agoIt's not even remotely the same thing. One is a chemical compound that temporarly messes with the way your brain work, the other is an permanent (?) extension to your brain that allows to manipulate it from the outside. Also, HN is not one person with a single opinion.
- anonporridge 6y agoI can't realistically automate the brain manipulation of millions of people taking mushrooms in a short period of time from the comfort of my evil lair.
- krageon 6y agoIf you're going to be this reductive about things, you might as well say every antidepressant and apparently also psilocybin does the exact same thing. Of course, being that reductive isn't useful and ignores a lot of the nuance that actually exists around the subject. Much like what you're saying.
- pjc50 6y agoMushrooms don't have an agenda. The owner of the brain-computer interface probably does.
- alexilliamson 6y agoThe jury is out on that. There are mushrooms that infect ants' brains and make them travel to a high place before the ant's head explodes, so that the spores are carried further by the wind. They might have an agenda.
- heavyset_go 6y agoPsychedelic effects could be an advantage, from an evolutionary perspective, that encourages consumption, propagation and cultivation of different species of fungi. I could see that being an agenda.
- filoeleven 6y agoI’d like to introduce you to caffeine. And tryptophan, and casomorphins, and sugar, and...