At a futurist-oriented group like ImP, there's always going to be an undercurrent of transhumanist thought. There are plenty of people who think that taking it for convenience is only the mildest form of improving quality of life. A position was expressed that using this sort of mind-enhancing drugs was one step along the path of human evolution.
I find this troubling because I noted that such evolutionary progress would only be Lamarckian. A collapse in the drug supply would revert us to where we were before the drug. Thus any evolutionary leap with that kind of underpinning ought to be established with clear backup plans in place.
That notwithstanding, I do think making our lives easier and more convenient is a valid use for drugs, provided the side effects aren't worse than the problem.
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Date: 2012-04-30 02:04 pm (UTC)I find this troubling because I noted that such evolutionary progress would only be Lamarckian. A collapse in the drug supply would revert us to where we were before the drug. Thus any evolutionary leap with that kind of underpinning ought to be established with clear backup plans in place.
That notwithstanding, I do think making our lives easier and more convenient is a valid use for drugs, provided the side effects aren't worse than the problem.