Can drugs change fundamental aspects of our being? Are we just a bag of chemicals that can be optimized so we are the people we want to be?
This Wired article by Paul Ford got me thinking about that. He had struggled with obesity and then with a switch in medications, all of a sudden, poof, his issues were solved. He no longer had the cravings for food.
That’s pretty remarkable. Along with all of the hype about microdosing, it’s made me think that maybe there is a pill for that.
It does bring up some interesting questions. Is the human experience all just chemical determinism mixed up with some random chance?