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That's really sad that you won't explore psychedelics because of personal idealism. You only get one life.
by EC1 11y ago
That's really sad that you won't explore psychedelics because of personal idealism. You only get one life.
- marssaxman 11y agoMy personal idealism runs strongly in the opposite direction, but I would argue that the previous commenter's choice is not at all sad, for the same reason you use here! You only get one life, and it would be really sad to waste your limited, irreplaceable hours of consciousness pursuing activities you aren't interested in just because other people think you ought to.
- rm_-rf_slash 11y agoLet's just say once the acid kicks in you'll realize why people said to try it ;)
- marssaxman 11y agoAh, sorry, my phrasing was too indirect: I'm usually one of the people suggesting that others should try it! I have had a great variety of fascinating, entertaining, sometimes difficult, generally beneficial experiences involving LSD and other psychedelics. I think many people who have never had such experiences would probably enjoy them and benefit from them, and I look forward to the day that the drug war ends and sanity returns so that more people will have that opportunity. And yet - there are a vast array of things to do with one's time that many people would probably enjoy and/or benefit from, but we simply don't have enough hours in our lives to investigate them all. If someone believes that my kind of fun is not for them, my inclination is to respect that choice, regardless of the reasons behind it, because we have to decide not to do most of the possible things in life and thus the reasons for rejecting many of them will necessarily be somewhat arbitrary.
- EC1 11y agoI agree, and acid is not in that category.
- marssaxman 11y agoSorry, which category do you mean?
- EC1 11y agoNeither. It's an entire experience unto itself separate from whatever ideals you think you hold.