SpunkySkunk347
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Don't you think? For a forum focused on harm-reduction of substance use (particularly mind-altering substances), the topic of "psychology" itself is pretty inherent.
However, there doesn't seem to be a forum here at Bluelight focused on just psychology. For example, if a poster wanted to make a topic on Jungian analysis, where would they post such a topic? It's not drug-related so it doesn't fit into any of the drug forums; some other forums that come to mind would be Philosophy & Spirituality, Drug Culture, and Science and Technology, but the topic of Jungian analysis doesn't really fit in to any of those.
Maybe a psychology forum hasn't been created because the end result probably wouldn't turn out good? I suppose, at the end of the day, the discussion of psychology rarely leads to any accurate conclusions, and usually isn't very meaningful. Any statements made about the mechanics of the mind lead to the assumption that the human mind is pragmatic and systemized - often leading to the "Sigmund Freud" effect where sweeping generalizations are made that are without method and brimming with inconsistencies/contradictions. Perhaps the human mind is pragmatic and systemized, but is at such a level of complexity that it is for all practical purposes ambiguous and anomalous, and any attempt to make structured theories about it ends up being an embarrassment. Well, better move on before this turns into a topic within a topic (perhaps we could expand on the topic in a newly-created psychology forum, no?).
However, it still remains that psychology is pretty inherent when it comes to the discussion of drugs -- it also shows that many of the posters here at bluelight have a keen interest in psychology, as is evident by their journalistic "taking field notes" approach to reporting drug experiences (I suppose though that any topics regarding psychology and drugs in this manner would fit under "Trip Reports")
Perhaps there isn't a psychology forum simply because no one has proposed one yet.
I definitely think there is a population of posters here at Bluelight who are fans of guys like Carl Jung, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, etc.. and just psychology in general; but there really isn't anywhere good to talk about psychology. There are other forums on the internet dedicated to psychology and philosophy, but they all lack the objectivity and posterity which Bluelight is blessed with -- and personally this makes me think that Bluelight would be the perfect home for a psychology forum.
However, there doesn't seem to be a forum here at Bluelight focused on just psychology. For example, if a poster wanted to make a topic on Jungian analysis, where would they post such a topic? It's not drug-related so it doesn't fit into any of the drug forums; some other forums that come to mind would be Philosophy & Spirituality, Drug Culture, and Science and Technology, but the topic of Jungian analysis doesn't really fit in to any of those.
Maybe a psychology forum hasn't been created because the end result probably wouldn't turn out good? I suppose, at the end of the day, the discussion of psychology rarely leads to any accurate conclusions, and usually isn't very meaningful. Any statements made about the mechanics of the mind lead to the assumption that the human mind is pragmatic and systemized - often leading to the "Sigmund Freud" effect where sweeping generalizations are made that are without method and brimming with inconsistencies/contradictions. Perhaps the human mind is pragmatic and systemized, but is at such a level of complexity that it is for all practical purposes ambiguous and anomalous, and any attempt to make structured theories about it ends up being an embarrassment. Well, better move on before this turns into a topic within a topic (perhaps we could expand on the topic in a newly-created psychology forum, no?).
However, it still remains that psychology is pretty inherent when it comes to the discussion of drugs -- it also shows that many of the posters here at bluelight have a keen interest in psychology, as is evident by their journalistic "taking field notes" approach to reporting drug experiences (I suppose though that any topics regarding psychology and drugs in this manner would fit under "Trip Reports")
Perhaps there isn't a psychology forum simply because no one has proposed one yet.
I definitely think there is a population of posters here at Bluelight who are fans of guys like Carl Jung, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, etc.. and just psychology in general; but there really isn't anywhere good to talk about psychology. There are other forums on the internet dedicated to psychology and philosophy, but they all lack the objectivity and posterity which Bluelight is blessed with -- and personally this makes me think that Bluelight would be the perfect home for a psychology forum.
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