Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope
by KptMarchewa on Thursday October 19, 2023 @11:05PM
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I am a materialist. I agree delusions are powerful mechanism against depression, but most of them, like religion, have awful side effects.
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Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope
by HKH2 on Friday October 20, 2023 @02:50AM
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Materialism has plenty of awful side effects like hubris, nihilism, and anti-natalism.
Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope
by mistermann on Friday October 20, 2023 @01:01PM
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...perceptions of omniscience.
Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope
by omginternets on Friday October 20, 2023 @03:34PM
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The words you're saying aren't materialist so much as they are logical positivist. As it turns out, there are things that are both true but not provable (be it empirically or analytically).
Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope
by KptMarchewa on Friday October 20, 2023 @07:09PM
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Prove it.
Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope
by omginternets on Saturday October 21, 2023 @12:22PM
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Spoken like a positivist. Here you go: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/goedel-incompleteness/