David Pearce Quote
A lot of people recoil from the word "drugs" - which is understandable given today's noxious street drugs and their uninspiring medical counterparts. Yet even academics and intellectuals in our society typically take the prototypical dumb drug, ethyl alcohol. If it's socially acceptable to take a drug that makes you temporarily happy and stupid, then why not rationally design drugs to make people perpetually happier and smarter? Presumably, in order to limit abuse-potential, one would want any ideal pleasure drug to be akin - in one limited but important sense - to nicotine, where the smoker's brain finely calibrates its optimal level: there is no uncontrolled dose-escalation.
David Pearce
A lot of people recoil from the word "drugs" - which is understandable given today's noxious street drugs and their uninspiring medical counterparts. Yet even academics and intellectuals in our society typically take the prototypical dumb drug, ethyl alcohol. If it's socially acceptable to take a drug that makes you temporarily happy and stupid, then why not rationally design drugs to make people perpetually happier and smarter? Presumably, in order to limit abuse-potential, one would want any ideal pleasure drug to be akin - in one limited but important sense - to nicotine, where the smoker's brain finely calibrates its optimal level: there is no uncontrolled dose-escalation.
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About David Pearce
Dave or David Pearce may refer to:
Dave Pearce (born 1963), British dance DJ and record producer
Dave Pearce (footballer) (born 1959), English former footballer
David Pearce (philosopher), British transhumanist philosopher
David Pearce, musician with Flying Saucer Attack
David Pearce (economist) (1941–2005), pioneer of environmental economics
David Pearce (boxer) (1959–2000), Welsh former British heavyweight boxing champion
David Pearce (politician) (born 1960), Missouri politician
David D. Pearce (born 1950), U.S. ambassador to Greece
David Mark Pearce (born 1972), British guitarist
David Pearce (athlete), British athlete
David Pearce (born c. 2000), designer of the reverse of the new (2017) 12-sided UK pound coin
Dave Pearce (born 1963), British dance DJ and record producer
Dave Pearce (footballer) (born 1959), English former footballer
David Pearce (philosopher), British transhumanist philosopher
David Pearce, musician with Flying Saucer Attack
David Pearce (economist) (1941–2005), pioneer of environmental economics
David Pearce (boxer) (1959–2000), Welsh former British heavyweight boxing champion
David Pearce (politician) (born 1960), Missouri politician
David D. Pearce (born 1950), U.S. ambassador to Greece
David Mark Pearce (born 1972), British guitarist
David Pearce (athlete), British athlete
David Pearce (born c. 2000), designer of the reverse of the new (2017) 12-sided UK pound coin