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Stoned ape theory is The idea that drugs such as marijuana, shrooms and so on played a huge role in the development of human evolution. Humans have a long history of using drugs. Before civilization pre historic humans used to live in a hunting and gathering environment and traveled in groups. a lot of these groups were also under the influence of drugs such as mushrooms and opioids. We already know drugs alter our state of thinking and perception. Is it possible that these factors played a huge role in the surge of humankind? One noteworthy experience of the effects of drugs on humans was lsd through the 50s-60s and how much it has changed people and the way they have seen the world. Even the military tried to use such a substance as a form of mind control but they saw that it actually made people more peaceful so the studies were cut short. Thousands of studies in the 60s had been preformed on this substance and even scientists state that drugs Iike shrooms and lsd cause a form of "higher consciousness" by diminishing the default brain network (the ego or sense of self) and interconnects all parts of the brain into one single point. There are even new studies being released on something known as "neuro hacking" in which people are intending to micro dose drugs like lsd or shrooms to create tools and tec to help advance human civilization as a whole. This movement has the potential to bring a bigger surge than the the industrial era What are your thoughts?

Collectivism: the practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.
You subscribe to groups that you identify with and want to be acknowledged in said group by others.

Individualism: the habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant. A social theory favouring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control.

Honestly, I prefer individualism. We're seeing a lot of people who are part of minority groups such as LGBT and Muslim, and women, who are favoured because of the group they belong to, not based on individual credits. Pretty much another reason I thoroughly dislike Feminism and BLM.

Collectivism is also quite racist. For example, I've seen a lot of Democrats and Liberals assume all blacks will vote for them, but they completely ignore, and often shun, black conservatives. Same goes for women.

What about you.

I'm sure this question is going to get some hate. FIRSTLY, I do not disagree with self-improvement at all and I think it could benefit most guys. However, I find it slightly disturbing that a guy could (in theory) modify his behavior slightly and then become much more 'attractive' (I'm mainly referring to the control tactics here and other manipulative behavior, hence, I don't consider working out or learning an instrument to be PUA per se)

Also, I've talked to many professionals about this, and there seems to be a common opinion that PUA can be incredibly toxic to guys. I have (briefly) delved into the world of PUA and, honestly, even when it did work, the mental strain and disgust with myself wasn't worth it. I don't know what other people think about this...