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Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope by sitkack on Friday October 20, 2023 @07:46AM (#37954879)
Can one be a rationalist and still believe that, “the universe if fucking lit” and marvel at how wonderful it is? I believe being rational allows one to really experience the depth and breadth of the place we are in.

Bleak utilitarianism is why so many reject applying themselves to a deeper understanding of the world, willfully ignorant in a way to manufacture wonder via a lack of comprehension.

It starts early, with the sexist trope of Eve plucking an Apple from the tree of knowledge and getting us kicked out of the garden eden. Bullshit.

I agree with the OP, the trip is the point. Travel, see the universe.

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Re:Ketamine's effect on depression may hinge on hope by mistermann on Friday October 20, 2023 @11:19AM (#37957352)
> Can one be a rationalist and still believe that, “the universe if fucking lit” and marvel at how wonderful it is? I believe being rational allows one to really experience the depth and breadth of the place we are in.

Based on observations of the Rationalist community over the years, I would say that it is possible as a rationalist, but not as a Rationalist, in that they tend to believe our knowledge of reality is limited to that which is endorsed by science.

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