Science Shifting Values, Beliefs and Personalities via Pills

[Husky_Khan]

Those "pills" being psychedelics like psilocybin (ex: "shrooms") of course.

What if a Pill Can Change Your Politics or Religious Beliefs?

A new mental health treatment using the psychedelic compound psilocybin raises questions about medicine and values

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[Deleted member 88]

This is interesting, though I’d be curious on what further research has to say.

 

[KilroywasNOTHere]

brave new world

 

[Deleted member 88]

A drug that makes you more liberal and believe in God.

That is curious.

 

[Zachowon]

A drug that makes you more liberal and believe in God.

That is curious.

No drugging to turn people christian

 

[Arch Dornan]

This is a good tool kit for starting a cult.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

I think at most mind altering drugs will just make people feel more lax or less fanatical for awhile about their beliefs

Just long enough for them to try processing stuff that their minds go berserk or pull a blank on

 

[PsihoKekec]

I thought this would be discussion about blue pill, red pill, black pill....

 

[MuddyAristocrat]

That's right, people shouldn't be convinced things through reason or rational argument, but through chemicals.
Materialism was a mistake.