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It has been my experience that my brain does not react favorably to alteration by any of the mind altering drugs that I've experimented with. That is, there are always negative side effects during it's struggle to return to it's norm. It likes the established balance of itself, in the end. When that balance is disrupted by a recreational mind altering drug, I feel good, but it's always with consequences as the drug is removed from the system, some severe. I believe that these consequences are a result of a mind's very keen sense of balance, which it strives to maintain when the mask is removed.
It's my understanding that there are about 15 major neuro-chemicals in the brain that are central to this balance. There are direct consequences to upsetting this fine tuned balance. I say fine tuned because the mind reacts to the slightest imbalance, but my main point here is that it's in ways that I've found to be negative when the alteration is ceased.
The question then becomes, is it ok to continually alter the neuro-chemical balance in the brain? One might think, sure, as long as it doesn't crave it's established normality. BTW, I'd like to interject at this point that we do not know the source of this "establishment", but it is certainly present. I have a feeling that the answer is no. However, despite my gut feeling, I don't see where research in this area is a bad thing. I do think that the research needs to be guarded, for now anyway.
To address the topic question, "If you could enhance your brain, would you?", the answer is yes.
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