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Cautiously considering taking chanca piedra as a prophylactic yourself (especially if there is a history of kidney stones in your family) or as an acute treatment if you already have kidney stones.
Have you guys thought about what the optimal dosing protocol might be based on current research for use as a prophylactic? Daily for one month per year?Really cool post, thanks!
Ah I see what you mean now! The summation of the 500 shocks isn’t experienced in first person but each individual shock is.
Now let’s consider two possible scenarios. In one scenario, the subject is moderately shocked 500 times (each shock being cured and wiped from memory before the next shock). In another scenario, the patient is severely shocked once (with one shock cured and wiped from memory). Which one is worse? While there may be more aggregate pain occurring across time in the first scenario, the pain that is actually felt is greater in the second scenario. The sum of 500 shocks occurs but is not experienced while the excruciating shock is actually experienced. If I were the subject, I would want to reduce the severity of my first-person experience rather than a discontinuous third person aggregation even though I leave the experiment unharmed in both scenarios.
Why are the 500 shocks considered to be not experienced but the excruciating shock is considered to be actually experienced, if in both scenarios the memory is wiped?
This is a really succinct and powerful post, I’ve saved it to use as a reminder and motivator.
Thank you.
I enjoyed reading this, thank you.
You might find this post from Magnus Vinding interesting, where he argues maybe some of the best reasons to help insects (or to not step on bugs) are the effects on our own psychology.