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In reply to the discussion: We should have been colonizing the solar system by now. [View all]a geek named Bob
(2,715 posts)1.) "looking inside" will only show you what's inside. Drugs only give you a different perspective
2.) As certain mythos teach us, everything comes with a cost. Most of the psycho actives can cause psychosis, unless very heavily monitored. (One reason to have a trip-sitter.)
3.) while it can be fun to kick back and "knock on the sky, and listen to the sound," it doesn't give one any new insights that one couldn't gather via other methods.
4.) the "look inside" method is a variation on the Socratic "rationalist" view (We are all part of the universe, therefore, all we need to do is think of a thing, and we know it. No need to go out and explore.) The Socratic method has given us more bungled things than any other concept I can think of (Ptolemey {sp} used this method to "figure out" how the world works. Giving us 1000 years of dark age savagery.