If we care about preserving a “self” and we also believe that someone is still the same person when on drugs or when their hormones are playing up (this is not intended to be sexist, although I suppose it could sound like that) or when they are just really angry, then we shouldn’t be too worries about brain chemistry.
There are new possibilities here for personal growth in ways that have not been possible before.
I agree. For a very positive spin on transhumanist brain chemistry engineering, I recommend reading http://biopsychiatry.com/
We usually don’t worry about personality changes because they’re typically quite limited. Completely replacing brain biochemistry would be a change on a completely different scale.
And people occasionally do worry about these changes even now, especially if they’re permanent, and if/when they occur in others. Some divorces are made because the partner of a person “does not see the same man/woman she/he fell in love with”.
If we care about preserving a “self” and we also believe that someone is still the same person when on drugs or when their hormones are playing up (this is not intended to be sexist, although I suppose it could sound like that) or when they are just really angry, then we shouldn’t be too worries about brain chemistry.
I agree. For a very positive spin on transhumanist brain chemistry engineering, I recommend reading http://biopsychiatry.com/
We usually don’t worry about personality changes because they’re typically quite limited. Completely replacing brain biochemistry would be a change on a completely different scale.
And people occasionally do worry about these changes even now, especially if they’re permanent, and if/when they occur in others. Some divorces are made because the partner of a person “does not see the same man/woman she/he fell in love with”.