I expect (1) to be extremely not worth it given the costs of making any substantial improvement in the availability of psychedelics,
Right, as Kit & I hashed out, I think it makes sense to discount (1) to 0.
(Probably almost all of the benefit of increasing capabilities of current researchers can be captured without further liberalizing psychedelics, as most current researchers live in enclaves where de facto psychedelic access is quite liberal (though illicit)).
and (2) to be speculative and to almost certainly not be worth it.
I agree that (2) is speculative, but the possible benefit here is large enough that further research seems justified.
(If the psychedelic experience in a certain context can reliably boost altruism without incurring costs that nullify the effect, that seems like a really big deal that’d be worth knowing about. It would be straightforward to design & execute a study on this, if someone were willing to fund it.)
Right, as Kit & I hashed out, I think it makes sense to discount (1) to 0.
(Probably almost all of the benefit of increasing capabilities of current researchers can be captured without further liberalizing psychedelics, as most current researchers live in enclaves where de facto psychedelic access is quite liberal (though illicit)).
I agree that (2) is speculative, but the possible benefit here is large enough that further research seems justified.
(If the psychedelic experience in a certain context can reliably boost altruism without incurring costs that nullify the effect, that seems like a really big deal that’d be worth knowing about. It would be straightforward to design & execute a study on this, if someone were willing to fund it.)