Sexual philosophy
Sexual satisfaction and death
Optimal love and sex, and a gentle death, instead of a god (1.4)
Reader contribution on morphine
German: Optimale Liebe und optimaler Sex, und ein sanfter Tod, statt eines Gottes (1.0)
Italian: Ottimi orgasmi e una morte delicata, invece di Dio (1.0)
Italian: Ottimi orgasmi e una morte delicata, invece di Dio (1.3)
The idea of a gentle death (1.1)
Consciousness and cognition (2.0)
The meaning of life (1.5)
Sexual desires (2.1)
The metaphysics of sex (1.4)
The pursuit of sexual joy (4.2)
The Marquis de Sade (1.4)
The suicide option
Committing suicide (3.4)
Better alive or dead? (3.2)
No benefit (1.5)
Making sense (2.3)
Spanish: El Sentido de la Vida (1.0)
Archive: Making sense (1.2)
Drugs (1.3)
Elusive joy
Nature, our enemy (1.2)
Nature wants us unhappy (1.2)
Nature depriving us (1.2)
Engineering happiness (2.1)
Neuropharmacology - the alternative route to happiness (2.1)
The emerging irrelevance of aging
The other “eternal“ life (1.1)
German: Das andere “ewige“ Leben (1.1)
Italian L' Altra Vita "Eterna" (1.1)
Slovenian Drugacno "vecno" zivljenje (1.1)
Simplified Chinese: 新人类生命的延长 (1.1) What medical science will achieve before the other
“eternal“ life (1.0)
Youth instead of immortality (1.2)
The philosophical relevance of cosmetic surgery (2.0)
Italian: L'aspetto filosofico della chirurgia estetica (2.0)
Exciting prospects for women, even as they get older (1.2)
Engineering youth (2.1)
Anesthesia and cosmetic surgery (1.0)
Sexual market value
Appraise your value (1.1)
Simplified Chinese: 鉴定你的价值 (1.1)
Asian sexual market value (1.2)
Simplified Chinese: 亚洲女性的性市值 (1.2)
Protect your sexual market value (1.0)
Know your enemies, and your prey (2.0)
Your most important decision (1.3)
Spanish: Tu decision mas importante (1.0)
German: Deine wichtigste Entscheidung(1.0)
Sexual morals
Moral values (3.3)
German: Moralische Werte (3.3)
Disease and sexual morals (2.0)
A dialectical view of morals (4.0)
Morals and
sexual arrangements (1.0)
Animal rights and morals (1.0)
Political activism
A political career (3.0)
The new feminism (1.0)
Honesty (2.0)
Archive: Political strategy (1.0)
Archive: Activism and solidarity (1.0)
Advice for women
Advice for women in poor
countries
My advice to young women in Third World cities (1.3)
Dutch: Mijn advies aan jonge vrouwen in derde wereld steden (1.0)
What is your virginity? (1.0)
Simplified Chinese: 贞操与女人 (1.0)
Bahasa Indonesia: Apakah itu Keperawanan Anda? (1.0)
Advice for Chinese women (1.0)
Addressing intellectually advanced women
What are intellectually advanced women? (1.0)
The bisexual ideal (1.2)
What women want (1.0)
Italian: Quello che le donne vogliono (1.0)
What a woman needs in life (1.0)
In praise of unfaithfulness (1.4)
German: Gelobt sei die Untreue (1.0)
Italian: Elogio del línfedelta (1.3)
Slovenian Hvalnica
nezvestobi (1.3)
Why I don't need many females? (2.5)
China and female sexuality (1.0)
Simplified Chinese: 中国与女性性欲望 (1.0)
Vacancy for female editor (1.1)
Advice for men
Competing for sexual success
Sexual competition (1.0)
Competing rationally in an irrational world (1.2)
Improving sexual function
Pharmacological enhancement (1.3)
About the author
Biographical note (4.1)
Introduction to my work (1.3)
How I view myself (1.6)
Drafts and version numbers (1.3)
To write or not to write (1.5)
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Reader contribution on morphine
I have stumbled onto your site quite accidentally (searching
yohimbine), and found it unique and engaging. You have many
interesting ideas which although certain axioms may exist within
different thoughts and sub-cultures, I have never seen assembled with
the flow and coherence you present here. I don't have any well formed
critique or appraisal of the ideas you have laid out, I imagine it
will sit in my subconscience and stew for a good while. Though I
haven't read everything, I have absorbed quite a lot.
First I would like to thank you for taking the time to put all this
information together, and to expose your thoughts like that on the
internet, it shows courage and dedication.
The one thing I actually wanted to say however, has to do with the
idea of gentle death. I have a minor criticism, in that of your
advocacy of morphine. It is not that I am against its use on moral or
philosophical grounds, or of any substance man might take to augment
their experience. I just don't like the way it was presented as some
kind of solution that stands by itself. I could think of many other
things I would rather be "on" when dealing with the trauma of death or
dying, and in fact I have to say morphine and all opiates in general
have a disagreeable effect myself, and probably others, even after
giving them a fair trial.
I think that were someone to take for granted the idea that morphine
is a solution to suffering and then try it when they really needed it
most, they could be in for an unpleasant surprise, and possibly an
even more distressing and traumatic end. Personally, I find the
psychological effect of opiates disturbing, and the physical effects
downright miserable. Without going into too much detail, it feels like
my mind is trapped, and it just can't seem to get "over" something,
like there's a fence or something it keeps blunting itself against. I
have recurring impressions that seem to lead in circles, almost like
when you are in a delirium at the peak of a fever. I feel like I can't
wait to get sober so I can just get my thoughts together. I feel
incredibly annoyed at the smallest disturbance, angry at anything that
distracts me from the focus it takes to maintain some degree of
sanctuary amidst the turmoil. Basically everything feels "wrong".
Physically I am sick, and I don't think I need to describe what that
feels like, but it's very prominent and just compounds the emotional
upset. I have vomited, and not vomited, it doesn't make a difference,
it's still awful. Lower doses are just smaller degrees of unpleasant.
I am speaking for myself here, but I might be speaking for others too.
I know people who use opiates regularly and thoroughly enjoy them, but
I think it is misleading to say this is the single result.
So please take my words into consideration, and best of luck to you on
your journey.
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