Being stabilized at the biological age of 70 would probably lead to very different consequences from being stabilized at the biological age of 25.
This probably also depends a lot on the particulars of what “stabilized at the biological age of 25” means. Most 25 year-olds are relatively open to experience, but does that come from being biologically younger or just having had less time to become set in their ways?
This also seems like something that may be fixable with better pharma technology if we can figure out how to temporarily put people into a more childlike exploratory open-to-experience state.
does that come from being biologically younger or just having had less time to become set in their ways?
I think humans are sacks of chemicals to a much greater degree than most of LW believes. As a simple example, note that injections of testosterone into older men tend to change their personality quite a bit.
I don’t know if being less open to new experiences is purely a function of the underlying hardware, but it certainly is to a large extent a function of physiology, hormonal balance, etc.
fixable with better pharma technology
I hope you realize you’re firmly in the “better living through chemistry” territory now.
if we can figure out how to temporarily put people into a more childlike exploratory open-to-experience state.
The idea of putting LSD into the public water supply is not a new one :-)
This also seems like something that may be fixable with better pharma technology if we can figure out how to temporarily put people into a more childlike exploratory open-to-experience state.
This probably also depends a lot on the particulars of what “stabilized at the biological age of 25” means. Most 25 year-olds are relatively open to experience, but does that come from being biologically younger or just having had less time to become set in their ways?
This also seems like something that may be fixable with better pharma technology if we can figure out how to temporarily put people into a more childlike exploratory open-to-experience state.
I think humans are sacks of chemicals to a much greater degree than most of LW believes. As a simple example, note that injections of testosterone into older men tend to change their personality quite a bit.
I don’t know if being less open to new experiences is purely a function of the underlying hardware, but it certainly is to a large extent a function of physiology, hormonal balance, etc.
I hope you realize you’re firmly in the “better living through chemistry” territory now.
The idea of putting LSD into the public water supply is not a new one :-)
Anecdotally, LSD.