[ExI] The Old Dope Peddler

[Stathis Papaioannou]

2010/6/24  <udend05 at aol.com>:
>
>>  your future psychological trajectory would
> be exactly the same.
>
>
> Um, yes, give or take a little bit. But if that is towards mental well-being
> and
>
> effective living, where's the problem? We're talking about the desirability
>
> of this kind of technology here: if you could reach that end-state of
>
> well-being in the manner suggested (which both removes the pain
>
> of the procedure and the pain of the reason behind the procedure),
>
> would it be worthwhile? I mean this ethically and, in a sense, medically.
>
>    It seems to me that a clearer conception of this issue would be
>
> better off founded on an understanding of the different types
>
> of counselling theory, as well as scenarios of the kind of
>
> technologies I am imagining.

Yes, it would be worth making the changes in the easiest and most
efficient way possible. I imagine a common reaction against this idea
would be that it is somehow better or more noble to do it the hard
way, but that is irrational.


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Stathis Papaioannou