Dave, I realize that you (and perhaps others of our colleagues here) are Dionysians, whereas I, always, have been a stalwart Apollonian. The difference, for me, is the risk one is willing to take for a peak experience of some sort. Some people organize their lives around their vacations and holidays. I hate holidays and vacations and organize my life around a steady diet of moderate pleasure. If you see what I mean. For instance, I have never dreamed about what mushrooms might do for me. Is that a fair statement of a difference between us?
Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Prof David West Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 7:05 AM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Abduction MDMA risks = dehydration, in part because it is usually taken in the context of frenetic physical activity like at a rave. Disinhibition can pose a secondary risk because partner selection is less discerning. Like too many drugs, long term effects / gender different effects / age different effects, are unknown because unstudied. davew On Tue, Jan 1, 2019, at 7:46 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > The premise of the series is that a drug + counseling is used to > mitigate PTSD symptoms, but in fact it ends-up deleting recent memories > and was intended to make soldiers able to continue service. > > One might argue that accumulation of emotional trauma is part of one's > personality, and relieving it destroys part of a person. One might > also argue that to have just one personality, developing on a > contiguous timeline, is a sort of arbitrary confinement -- like living > in a freezer that just keeps getting colder. > > I don't know what the actual risks are of MDMA. Alcohol's side effects, > in terms of impairment of judgement, are already pretty dangerous. > > Marcus > > On 1/1/19, 7:23 PM, "Friam on behalf of glen" > <friam-boun...@redfish.com on behalf of geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't understand what you mean? Are you asking why psychedelics > are not prescribable? Or saying that their therapeutic effect is > negligible? > > FWIW, I haven't seen Homecoming. > > On January 1, 2019 11:28:28 AM PST, Marcus Daniels > <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > >Watching Homecoming I found myself thinking, "Yes, so what's the > big > >deal?" > > > >On 12/31/18, 1:40 PM, "Friam on behalf of uǝlƃ ☣" > ><friam-boun...@redfish.com on behalf of geprope...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > We're getting closer EVERY DAY! > > > > https://psi-2020.org/ > > > > Oh, and if anyone needs a charity to toss some 2018 money at: > > > > https://maps.org/ > > > -- > glen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe > at St. John's College to unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove