Philosophy
Whatever your moral or political stance on drugs, whether you think some (or all) of them should be legalized or whether you think drugs are a scourge of evil that should be eradicated from the planet, one thing about which there should be no disagreement is the empirical question about whether the war on drugs has been successful or a failure.
What to do as a consequence of these findings is, of course, something about which we can go right back to disagreeing :)
For more on similar animations, check out Shift Happens.
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One of the comics last night had a great line. He said a friend told him that doing drugs would catch up with him, so he decided to start doing speed. 4-20 seems as good a time as any to think about drug policy. We draw a distinction on the one hand between...
- Alcohol, Drugs May Enhance Creativity
"How Getting Tipsy May Inspire Creativity"A new study finds that men who got moderately drunk on vodka cranberries did better on tests of inspired thinking.by Maia SzalavitzMarch 22nd, 2012TimeFrom Billie Holliday and Amy Winehouse to Coleridge and Kerouac,...
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I have advocated for a long time that physical constraints on mankind's cognitive abilities will limit our complete understanding of the universe. "Why aren't we smarter already? Evolutionary limits on cognition" December 7th, 2011 Psychology...
- M. C. Escher
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- "orphan Or Designer" Drug Poll
Should "orphan or designer" drugs be manufactured and made available to those who suffer rare diseases? Yes...3 No...0 I think it is an ethical imperative for the megadollar drug companies to perform research and development and distribution of "orphan...
Philosophy
Did You Know? - War on Drugs Edition
Whatever your moral or political stance on drugs, whether you think some (or all) of them should be legalized or whether you think drugs are a scourge of evil that should be eradicated from the planet, one thing about which there should be no disagreement is the empirical question about whether the war on drugs has been successful or a failure.What to do as a consequence of these findings is, of course, something about which we can go right back to disagreeing :)
For more on similar animations, check out Shift Happens.
.
- 4-20: What Is A Drug And How Ought We Deal With Them?
One of the comics last night had a great line. He said a friend told him that doing drugs would catch up with him, so he decided to start doing speed. 4-20 seems as good a time as any to think about drug policy. We draw a distinction on the one hand between...
- Alcohol, Drugs May Enhance Creativity
"How Getting Tipsy May Inspire Creativity"A new study finds that men who got moderately drunk on vodka cranberries did better on tests of inspired thinking.by Maia SzalavitzMarch 22nd, 2012TimeFrom Billie Holliday and Amy Winehouse to Coleridge and Kerouac,...
- Cognition Limits May Well Limit A Complete Understanding Of The Universe
I have advocated for a long time that physical constraints on mankind's cognitive abilities will limit our complete understanding of the universe. "Why aren't we smarter already? Evolutionary limits on cognition" December 7th, 2011 Psychology...
- M. C. Escher
I forgot to mention this yesterday...the birthday of M. C. Escher. One doesn't need psychedelic drugs to experience his fantastic drawings. M. C. Escher [Website] M. C. Escher [Wikipedia]...
- "orphan Or Designer" Drug Poll
Should "orphan or designer" drugs be manufactured and made available to those who suffer rare diseases? Yes...3 No...0 I think it is an ethical imperative for the megadollar drug companies to perform research and development and distribution of "orphan...