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I have no problems with psychedelics or their use. I took issue with the implication that they are needed in order to think in the way Hofstadter does - it's ki
by widowlark 4y ago
I have no problems with psychedelics or their use. I took issue with the implication that they are needed in order to think in the way Hofstadter does - it's kind of like asking what flippers Michael Phelps uses when he swims in the olympics.
- mtreis86 4y agoI didn't mean to imply that and certainly don't think it is required. My question had little to do with the content and much more to do with the style, and the author's intended effects upon the reader.
- widowlark 4y agoThanks for clarifying!
- patcon 4y agothanks for responding! i might feel a bit differently, but I think I hear where you're coming from: that it does a disservice to great people when we flippantly imply their greatness originates from simplistic things outside themselves (if I'm still way off, feel free to correct, but pls don't feel obligated to engage :) )
- widowlark 4y agoThat might be a good way of putting it. I think also that the question to me implied a cynicism about how people can be curious and creative while also being scientific, but the original commenter has already clarified they did not intend this interpretation at all
- patcon 4y agoi like you. that is all