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Relationship Psychopharmacology

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Sat, 2013-02-02 02:01

Friend Computer Friend Computer's picture

Relationship Psychopharmacology

And Arenamontanous strikes again, (on a team) asserting that it is an ethical imperative to take ecstasy in some circumstances to save relationships. I actually see nothing wrong with this argument.

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Sat, 2013-02-02 12:42

Arenamontanus Arenamontanus's picture

Hehehe... the real interview

Hehehe... the real interview is in the Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/the-case-for-using... Of course, we are not really arguing in favour of ecstasy, since it is likely a lousy love-drug (that serotonin-reducing effect is apparently pretty nasty), but something could no doubt be developed that works better. Probably it would go on the oxytocin system, but to it a bit more specifically. However, I know at least one paper testing MDMA in marriage counselling, so the idea is not totally stupid. In EP I expect these drugs to be pretty standard. Just something people take as a normal part of long-term marriages. As well as the slightly more worrisome possibilities of anti-love drugs we are writing about in an upcoming paper ( http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2012/12/brian-earp-on-anti-love-dru... has a link to a lecture by Brian on our paper) - maybe some people in Carnival of the Goat are experimenting with radical love drugs, amplifying passion and then turning it off, enabling a more fluid relationship market.

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Fri, 2013-03-08 09:41

tyleroi

RX: A Tale of Electronegativity

Its actually a book which is, in part, totally on this point of taking drugs to function "normally". Its interesting to see the propositions of how a culture adapts to that. There's some weird other bits, and the ending departs from it highly, but there are some really cool transhuman bits in it. Disclaimer: totally not my book, I just really liked it and thought it was on point. http://www.amazon.com/Rx-A-Tale-Electronegativity-ebook/dp/B008YMICN8/re...

Fri, 2013-03-08 10:32

Smokeskin

I imagine a future where my

I imagine a future where my and my wife is struggling to be the first to spray the other in the face with our aerosol. Mine is loaded with "horny and submissive", hers with "spend more time with the kids". It's good fun, and losing only sucks for the short time it takes for the hormones to reach the brain.