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Do you trust a man experiencing a high or a "powerful experience" to drive? If such a man cannot be trusted to drive why should we trust anything that comes out

Do you trust a man experiencing a high or a "powerful experience" to drive? If such a man cannot be trusted to drive why should we trust anything that comes out of his mouth. For all intents and purposes physical evidence points to a brain that is compromised and intoxicated. There has been a lot of serious research into LSD. The research points to an intoxicated brain just as common sense does.

pmoriarty 5y ago
" Do you trust a man experiencing a high or a "powerful experience" to drive? If such a man cannot be trusted to drive why should we trust anything that comes out of his mouth." Imagine there was some alien civilization that chose to transfer some enormous amount of information to you, flooding your senses and completely overwhelming you with information, visions, schematics, sounds, voices, and the emotional impact from having that sort of experience happen to you in a short amount of time. You would not be fit to drive, because your experience would be completely overwhelming to you, or at the very least you'd be greatly distracted. That says absolutely nothing about the value of the information you received and whether you should be believed. Another example: dreams. Clearly you're not fit to drive while dreaming, yet significant discoveries (most famously Kekule's discovery of the ring-structure of beneze) have been inspired by dreams. Creative, non-scientific output is yet another realm where psychedelic experience has value. You don't have to "believe" a song that someone composed or was inspired to make due to a psychedelic experience for that song to have value. Here [1] is a great example (it starts at about 49 minutes in to the video). Artwork inspired by psychedelics is incredibly common, and its value is not a matter of belief but of aesthetic appreciation. "For all intents and purposes physical evidence points to a brain that is compromised and intoxicated." Compromised or enhanced? Research in psychedelics has clearly shown their healing potential -- quite the opposite of compromising people, they can greatly help them. Enhancing creativity, as mentioned above, is yet another potential benefit. There are many others, such as increasing emotional openness, enhancing empathy, and so on. You should definitely not drive while on psychedelics.. just as you shouldn't drive while having sex. But it's ridiculous to judge the value of these experiences by whether you can drive safely while having them. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm5p9w63QN0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm5p9w63QN0
- neonological 5y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27027730 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27027730

pmoriarty 5y ago

" Do you trust a man experiencing a high or a "powerful experience" to drive? If such a man cannot be trusted to drive why should we trust anything that comes out of his mouth." Imagine there was some alien civilization that chose to transfer some enormous amount of information to you, flooding your senses and completely overwhelming you with information, visions, schematics, sounds, voices, and the emotional impact from having that sort of experience happen to you in a short amount of time. You would not be fit to drive, because your experience would be completely overwhelming to you, or at the very least you'd be greatly distracted. That says absolutely nothing about the value of the information you received and whether you should be believed. Another example: dreams. Clearly you're not fit to drive while dreaming, yet significant discoveries (most famously Kekule's discovery of the ring-structure of beneze) have been inspired by dreams. Creative, non-scientific output is yet another realm where psychedelic experience has value. You don't have to "believe" a song that someone composed or was inspired to make due to a psychedelic experience for that song to have value. Here [1] is a great example (it starts at about 49 minutes in to the video). Artwork inspired by psychedelics is incredibly common, and its value is not a matter of belief but of aesthetic appreciation. "For all intents and purposes physical evidence points to a brain that is compromised and intoxicated." Compromised or enhanced? Research in psychedelics has clearly shown their healing potential -- quite the opposite of compromising people, they can greatly help them. Enhancing creativity, as mentioned above, is yet another potential benefit. There are many others, such as increasing emotional openness, enhancing empathy, and so on. You should definitely not drive while on psychedelics.. just as you shouldn't drive while having sex. But it's ridiculous to judge the value of these experiences by whether you can drive safely while having them. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm5p9w63QN0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm5p9w63QN0

neonological 5y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27027730 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27027730