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Unread 02-01-2012, 11:31 PM   #1211 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Repugnant Abomination View Post
No. What I'm saying is that science may eventually answer all naturalistic questions, but it cannot ever answer philosophical ones. To put it more simply, it would be like trying to hammer a nail in using a piece of paper, when what you really need is a hammer; it's simply not the right tool for the job.
Alternatively...philosophy only exists because of the evolution of the human brain, which is very much under the realm of science. As I said before, I know it may feel ethereal and transcendent to you...that doesn't mean that it actually is.

Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing.

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