but it doesn't matter if it really works,
which is the point of the placebo experiment.
if psychedelics only inform people that if they change their mind their life will also change, thats enough.
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Correct, if it works for you then that’s great. I just don’t think it’s right to proclaim to everyone that the psychedelic is what changed your life or healed you. You changed your own life.
meh
again, everybody likes their own brand.
its not unique to psychedelics.
maxis are more obnoxious about the life-changing effects of Bitcoin tbh.
although I'll concede theres more proof of work in the Bitcoin space and the psychedelic people tend towards ambiguous spiritual bullshit.
I like the “Bitcoin fixes this” as a meme but I’m loosely attached to it. I truly believe that the people doing the real proof of work in tools like bitcoin, nostr, and to some extent in monero would be fine if those tools didn’t exist. It would be a struggle, but we’d find ways around it. Whether it’s real estate or gold, we’d find ways to live freer than the normies and sheep. It’s just these tools make our lives much easier, give us a lot more options, and the proof of work is more rewarding.
psychedelics are a tool in the same way.
you're right to point out there's a community of hustlers and morons around them though.
always has been.
It’s interesting to me that the people I know who have sworn by it, but still have a trainwreck of a life, also spent years in therapy as well. Does that mean they’re not trying hard enough? Like at some point you have to say that you’re the problem and these interventions are useless because you don’t want to change 🤷♂️
checks out.
its sick people who need strong medicine.
the fact theyre still sick only means the correct medicine hasnt been appied.
psychedelics are good
therapy is good
but they have to applied properly
all therapies can become an escape for people who dont want to change.
its the role of the physician to apply the medicine the patient *needs*
not necessarily the one they want.
anyway
sounds like your friend need to get his fucking shit together.
all therapies can become an escape for people who dont want to change.
Bingo