You hear about a lot of music artists and or famous people who have vouched that they thought of an idea/product/service with the assistance of drugs. Do you guys believe that drugs (used carefully) are a pathway to higher learning?
Do Drugs Inspire Creative Thinking?
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It is a possibility only until proven by science and our government will not allow lab experimentation and this is a shame
What is the difference between me and EINSTEIN, Tesla, Mozart, Kurt Cobain ??? Can the difference be gapped through drugs ??? I for one would like to know and thousands would volunteer so WTF is the governments problem with scientific research?
What is the difference between me and EINSTEIN, Tesla, Mozart, Kurt Cobain ??? Can the difference be gapped through drugs ??? I for one would like to know and thousands would volunteer so WTF is the governments problem with scientific research?
I wouldn't think drugs themselves are the cause of creative thinking.. They do however put one in a 'relaxed/calm' state which result in creative thinking. It doesn't mean anyone who takes drugs will naturally become creative. If you have no brain to start out with, no amount of drugs will help you make anything near creative. Many would infact become unable to do any work.
It's ridiculous to try and quantify or prove based on 'lab experiments?' How can a lab measure creativity?
Anything can inspire creativity -- it so happens that drugs can inspire or enlighten oneself to be creative.
There are so many variable that it is hard to say, how many people do you know personally that have become geniuses from drugs or drinking? First it has to be proven that taking drugs is beneficial, then you have to determine which drugs and at what dose at what intervals to take these drugs. Then you have to be careful not to overdo it recreationally. My guess is that doing drugs does not enhance people intellectually.
Drugs inspire creativity due to the fact you are in a relax state of mind. This is where the mind is relaxed and focused and can creatively come up with ideas without distraction. I have never gotten to that level personally but experienced similar creativity when i day dream (which allows you to become relaxed and focused). Just my two cents
agree with you... I think a lot of artists around the world who've made it big and have indulged on drugs did not get there by doing drugs.. They've put in hard work .. drugs are just there to take them to a higher level
Easy
Give creative testing before , during and after the drugs wear off
Have the participants and a peer group examine the work for creativity
ALSO CONSIDER NON CREATIVE BENEFITS
Other potential non creative effects such as prodigious math abilities and memorization skills ( as found in the "Rain Man" ) can be easily tested if such effects happen
The most mysterious thing about drugs to me is: how can people NOT even try it, knowing full well that they only have one life. I know people who are afraid not only to take drugs but even to drink. And it's not like their life is happy without drugs or alcohol. It's pretty shitty anyway. How can people willingly live life as if they serve in the army or in prison?
It is not my experience that dope enhances creativity
You just think you are being more creative
Various lab studies have verified this effect
What we are talking about here are more serious drugs like LSD and heroin drugs that should not be experimented with outside the lab and only by those who are aware of the potential brain damage of the drugs
So no I am not stoned and my creativity demonstrates this fact however I may be on LSD :Eek:
Maybe
Sure, we can learn to improve in specificate abilities, like spelling
, but teaching a person "how to paint", doesn't mean that individual is more creative.
We are not all equal.
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I have to disagree, we are all different, being better in some areas, and not so good in others.
Sure, we can learn to improve in specificate abilities, like spelling
, but teaching a person "how to paint", doesn't mean that individual is more creative.We are not all equal.
FAST
I don't know what you're disagreeing about... Yes, we're all different... we're all better in some and not so good in others. That doesn't mean we were born with those qualities and have to live with it. Whatever creativity may be, painting, speaking, thinking ... no one was born with those qualities. We are what we are because of choices we've made as a kid or even today.I have to disagree, we are all different, being better in some areas, and not so good in others.
Sure, we can learn to improve in specificate abilities, like spelling
We are not all equal.
FAST
Total ridiculous. Again, hit your neighbourhood bookstore/record store/retail outlet/museum/library/etc. it's all the conclusive proof you need.
Coleridge wrote the poem Kubla Khan after he came out of an opium trance, (he was a regular user) as were Charles Dickens,Arthur Conan Doyle
Freud used cocaine as did Thomas Edison
Freud used cocaine as did Thomas Edison
Oh well. Most of the music is done by sober musicians. How do you know they are stoned ? How do you know how creative their music would be if they were not stoned ? (assuming they are) Prove the stoners create better music than the non stoners and do so in a freakin lab ! with double blind studies.
There is no evidence Mozart, Beethoven , da Vinci etc took any drugs
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