Sorry Nick, I am as hardcore Apollonian as is possible.
And if you organize your life around pleasure, even if moderate and consistent, it is you that are the Dionysian. davew On Wed, Jan 2, 2019, at 10:02 AM, Nick Thompson wrote: > Dave, > > I realize that you (and perhaps others of our colleagues here) are > Dionysians, whereas I, always, have been a stalwart Apollonian. The > difference, for me, is the risk one is willing to take for a peak > experience of some sort. Some people organize their lives around their > vacations and holidays. I hate holidays and vacations and organize my > life around a steady diet of moderate pleasure. If you see what I mean. > For instance, I have never dreamed about what mushrooms might do for me. > Is that a fair statement of a difference between us? > > Nick > > Nicholas S. Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > Clark University > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Prof David West > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 7:05 AM > To: friam@redfish.com > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Abduction > > MDMA risks = dehydration, in part because it is usually taken in the > context of frenetic physical activity like at a rave. Disinhibition can > pose a secondary risk because partner selection is less discerning. Like > too many drugs, long term effects / gender different effects / age > different effects, are unknown because unstudied. > > davew > > > On Tue, Jan 1, 2019, at 7:46 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > > The premise of the series is that a drug + counseling is used to > > mitigate PTSD symptoms, but in fact it ends-up deleting recent memories > > and was intended to make soldiers able to continue service. > > > > One might argue that accumulation of emotional trauma is part of one's > > personality, and relieving it destroys part of a person. One might > > also argue that to have just one personality, developing on a > > contiguous timeline, is a sort of arbitrary confinement -- like living > > in a freezer that just keeps getting colder. > > > > I don't know what the actual risks are of MDMA. Alcohol's side effects, > > in terms of impairment of judgement, are already pretty dangerous. > > > > Marcus > > > > On 1/1/19, 7:23 PM, "Friam on behalf of glen" > > <friam-boun...@redfish.com on behalf of geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I don't understand what you mean? Are you asking why psychedelics > > are not prescribable? Or saying that their therapeutic effect is > > negligible? > > > > FWIW, I haven't seen Homecoming. > > > > On January 1, 2019 11:28:28 AM PST, Marcus Daniels > > <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > > >Watching Homecoming I found myself thinking, "Yes, so what's the > > big > > >deal?" > > > > > >On 12/31/18, 1:40 PM, "Friam on behalf of uǝlƃ ☣" > > ><friam-boun...@redfish.com on behalf of geprope...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > We're getting closer EVERY DAY! > > > > > > https://psi-2020.org/ > > > > > > Oh, and if anyone needs a charity to toss some 2018 money at: > > > > > > https://maps.org/ > > > > > -- > > glen > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe > > at St. John's College to unsubscribe > > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
