Posted on 07/17/2010 11:34:09 AM PDT by decimon
Cocaine, marijuana, tobacco, alcohol -- the usual drugs and their dangers are familiar to most children and parents alike. Is sound an equally dangerous "gateway drug"?
As preposterous as that idea sounds, it's precisely what the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics claims. They are warning parents of a dangerous new drug -- binaural sound.
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Oklahoma officials are convinced, though, that it's just the latest way for kids to get high. They call it "i-dosing" and claim that "digital dealers" are selling children the aural equivalent of crack in their eyes.
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs spokesman Mark Woodward comments, "Kids are going to flock to these sites just to see what it is about and it can lead them to other places."
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I know the sound of Obama’s voice is dangerous to kids!
That dadgummed rock and roll! I told you kids it was the devil’s work.
Now you did it... I think the Narcotics Bureau just pulled up out front...
I know you can go deaf or damamge your hearing by loud “music” or a consistent noise. Maybe it’s similiar to that - consistent noise at cerain pitches? If parents haven’t raised their kids properly, there is not limit to how they will experiment in self destruction. Raising them includes advice on proper friends too!
“Silly is silly
and wisdom is wisdom.”
And rank paranoia about everything is the former.
INDEED.
I’m curious, which of the two of us is better trained and more experienced at diagnosing clinical paranoia?
I had no idea of the addictiveness of loud music until I started researching music volume because of loud music at church.
“I’m curious, which of the two of us is better trained and more experienced at diagnosing clinical paranoia?”
Which of the two of us posted worries about loud sounds then went on to state concerns about:
“—sugar highs
—sex
—runner’s high
—workaholism
—alcoholism”
I only spent 10 years in clinical sciences but my focus was on the biochemistry of inborn errors of metabolism so I make no claim to being a clincal psychologist, but if YOU’RE one...never mind...better left unsaid.
“Aldous Huxley was right: Government-issued soma should be the only legal drug.”
Yes, to protect us from ourselves (and to protect them from us).
“Loud sound IS ADDICTIVE”
You mean like loud motorcycles, trucks, and ricers?
I hate loud vehicles of all sorts. They aren’t addictive, they are just annoying as heck.
That must be a fascinating field to work in. Did you get into insulin etc?
I’m used to personal assaults . . . particularly hereon.
Most folks have not had anything close to my diverse experiences.
Most folks have not had anything close to my fields of intenseive study as hobbies.
And, most folks have not had anywhere near . . . well . . . I’ll stop there.
I will note that
Lots of biases color perceptions wholesale.
And, seemingly almost everyone thinks they are the best psychologist on the planet.
Fears and paranoia are interesting topics.
As are the assumptions about them.
“Loud sound IS ADDICTIVE”
Not my quote. I was quoting quix in my post.
“That must be a fascinating field to work in. Did you get into insulin etc?”
I’m no longer in the field but it was interesting and difficult due to the complexity. It was research at a medical school and involved protein analysis of toxins related to cystic fibrosis.
That was after my stint as a professional musican.
“Most folks have not had anything close to my diverse experiences.”
I suspect you’re speaking to an exception.
“musican = musician”. LOL Fortunately I didn’t play keyboards.
If you're an Oklahoman then report your neighbor as being in possession of an unregistered flute.
Congrats on your work and research.
A dreadful disease. Henry Wright at
has made a lot of progress in facilitating healing of such, IIRC.
If you, too, have had a wide diversity of educational experiences over many decades in life . . .
Then I’d think you might be more generous
vs stereotypically biased.
Is anyone else reminded of the Great Banana Skin Hoax of the late '60s?
“If you, too, have had a wide diversity of educational experiences over many decades in life . . .
Then I’d think you might be more generous vs stereotypically biased.”
My wide diversity of educational and life experiences has given me informed viewpoints. If you were as wise as you purport to be I’d think you wouldn’t automatically assume that viewpoints that differ from yours are stereotypical biases.
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