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> This is quite the reduction, ... Thank you, that spawned this notion in my head, I wonder why. It’s funny, I think, how quickly people dismiss the subjective

by dusted 1y ago

> This is quite the reduction, ... Thank you, that spawned this notion in my head, I wonder why. It’s funny, I think, how quickly people dismiss the subjective experience of a crackhead having an ecstatic conversation with God or the universe — yet insist that the depth of their own experience of love, religion, or meditation can’t possibly be reduced to neurotransmitters.

lioeters 1y ago
> love, religion, or meditation can’t possibly be reduced to neurotransmitters You can reduce all of human experience to chemistry, but you'd be missing most of the meaning, understanding, and wisdom of it. (If there is any, in the case of the cracked visionary.)
aj_hackman 1y ago
> insist that the depth of their own experience of love, religion, or meditation can’t possibly be reduced to neurotransmitters To bring things full circle and quote a dead meme, why not get you a girl who can do both?