Acid test: on drugs and science fiction (2017)

Re:Acid test: on drugs and science fiction (2017) by ttonkytonk on Thursday January 17, 2019 @09:19AM (#18930901)

I disagree with this type of thinking, as if some people with the same opportunities choose the less rewarding path as a consequence of laziness.

I like the metaphor of a battle, where it's easier to apply lots of energy to the front when your flanks are secured.

For many people they are surrounded by financial insecurity, dysfunctional social structures and even unsecure psychic structures.

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Re:Acid test: on drugs and science fiction (2017) by 7Z7 on Thursday January 17, 2019 @09:47AM (#18931093)

I didn't read it as indicating laziness, I read it as those who make time to build creative structures with a straight mind may more easily make use of the psychedelic's influence than those who have not.

ie. psychedelics don't make you creative, they inform your creativity

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Re:Acid test: on drugs and science fiction (2017) by empath75 on Thursday January 17, 2019 @10:20AM (#18931378)

Yeah it’s a particularly interesting life experience to have, but it takes a lot of work to integrate it in a useful way.

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Re:Acid test: on drugs and science fiction (2017) by ttonkytonk on Thursday January 17, 2019 @09:52AM (#18931131)

It seems to imply a moral failure though.

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Re:Acid test: on drugs and science fiction (2017) by 7Z7 on Thursday January 17, 2019 @12:17PM (#18932543)

If that's how you read, maybe. I'm not getting anything other than "psychedelics are not a shortcut"

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