• Feeling racist? Blood pressure pill Propranolol may open hearts and minds
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[release]A commonly prescribed drug used to treat high blood pressure may have the unintended benefit of muting racist thoughts in those who take it.A new Oxford University research study found that Propranolol, which works to combat high blood pressure, [URL="http://voices.yahoo.com/using-propranolol-control-fear-8597063.html?cat=71"]anxiety[/URL], migraines, and a number of heart ailments, affects the same part of the central nervous system that regulates subconscious attitudes on race. "Implicit racial bias can occur even in people with a sincere belief in equality," said Sylvia Terbeck, lead author of the study, which was published in the journal [URL="http://www.united-academics.org/blog/tag/psychopharmacology/"]Psychopharmacology[/URL]. "Given the key role that such implicit attitudes appear to play in discrimination against other ethnic groups, and the widespread use of Propranolol for medical purposes, our findings are also of considerable ethical interest." Of course, the study is sure to raise concerns both over its validity and whether we should rely on prescription medication to regulate behavior, even for positive outcomes. As Cardiff University School of Psychology's Dr. Chris Chambers told the [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9129029/Blood-pressure-drug-reduces-in-built-racism.html"]Telegraph[/URL]: "We don't know whether the drug influenced racial attitudes only or whether it altered implicit brain systems more generally. And we can't rule out the possibility that the effects were due to the drug incidentally reducing heart rate." Another point of concern is the very limited range of subjects used in the test: All 36 participants were white males. Nonetheless, the study yielded some discussion-worthy results. According to the Telegraph, test subjects who took 40mg of Propranolol scored "significantly lower" on the Harvard University[URL="https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/"]Implicit Association Test[/URL], which measures "subtle and spontaneous biased behavior." Science has had a long and complicated history with race and cultural issues. For example, [URL="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/racetraining/"]a 2009 study[/URL] trained Caucasian test subjects to better recognize the facial features of African-American men with similar characteristics. Early results from that research indicated that the individuals better equipped to differentiate between other individuals of different ethnicity displayed a greater level of racial tolerance. Conversely, the infamous "[URL="http://psychology.about.com/od/classicpsychologystudies/a/little-albert-experiment.htm"]Little Albert Experiment[/URL]," which tested conditioned emotional responses in a toddler found that certain negative emotional responses could be learned, and even programmed, over time. And there's the once-popular philosophy of Eugenics, which sought to improve the human race through natural selection. After gaining popularity with the Nazis during World War II, the term has been relegated to more of a [URL="http://news.yahoo.com/santorum-accuses-obama-promoting-eugenics-184000529.html"]political insult[/URL] than a serious theoretical practice these days.[/release] source: [url]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/feeling-racist-blood-pressure-pill-propranolol-may-open-223450211.html[/url]
I agree, it'd be best that racists ingest Propanelol
An anti-racism pill! Oh thank fucking gog we're saved!
Have you taken your tolerance pills today?
Still no cure for cancer, eh?
Let's infiltrate a bunch of neo-Nazi/White Supremacist compounds in the deep south and put a bunch of this shit in their drinking water.
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;35072544]Let's infiltrate a bunch of neo-Nazi/White Supremacist compounds in the deep south and put a bunch of this shit in their drinking water.[/QUOTE] Add this as an additive too all drinking water across the world.
A shame logic and peaceful discussion isn't enough to sway a racist.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;35072598]A shame logic and peaceful discussion isn't enough to sway a racist.[/QUOTE] If they were logical, they wouldn't be racists
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;35072544]Let's infiltrate a bunch of neo-Nazi/White Supremacist compounds in the deep south and put a bunch of this shit in their drinking water.[/QUOTE] don't drink the water... they put something in it... to make you forget...
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;35072544]Let's infiltrate a bunch of neo-Nazi/White Supremacist compounds in the deep south and put a bunch of this shit in their drinking water.[/QUOTE] Somebody is going to complain about it altering their minds though.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;35072851]Somebody is going to complain about it altering their minds though.[/QUOTE] Then we'll use that speech gun thing the Japanese developed to silence them.:v:
Am I the only one here that thinks forced drugging of a population to change their opinions is a [I]very[/I] bad thing? I get it, greater good and all, but I definitely wouldn't advocate this approach.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;35073023]Am I the only one here that thinks forced drugging of a population to change their opinions is a [I]very[/I] bad thing? I get it, greater good and all, but I definitely wouldn't advocate this approach.[/QUOTE] Pretty sure most people would be this way if that was actually being considered Also can racists now say racism isn't their fault since it is in their blood and can be cured with medication?
[quote]Propano[b]lol[/b][/quote]
Quick, ship it by the cratefulls to Texas!
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[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;35073023]Am I the only one here that thinks forced drugging of a population to change their opinions is a [I]very[/I] bad thing?[/QUOTE] well uh not only that, you'd also make people anemic.
does this drug actually reduce "racist thinking" or just eliminates the brains ability to stereotype at all? that ability may be kind of necessary...
[QUOTE=Pace.;35074825]does this drug actually reduce "racist thinking" or just eliminates the brains ability to stereotype at all? that ability may be kind of necessary...[/QUOTE] It antagonises beta adrenoceptors. Basically has the same symptoms as calming you down.
[B]Propanolol[/B] [I]Make a truce, not a noose.[/I]
It's probably because it chills you the hell out, i took these for a while for migraines and it pretty much turned me into a vegetable for a month
[i]Don't drink the water, they put something in it.[/i] And this is why I need to start reading threads fully.
[QUOTE=Gareth;35075602]It's probably because it chills you the hell out, i took these for a while for migraines and it pretty much turned me into a vegetable for a month[/QUOTE] I need to get me some of what you were having
[QUOTE=Gareth;35075602]It's probably because it chills you the hell out, i took these for a while for migraines and it pretty much turned me into a vegetable for a month[/QUOTE] I wouldn't describe it as a chilled feeling, more of a tipsy feeling. That point where you don't really think too negatively and your more prone to saying what's on your mind.
If it just didn't reduce blood pressure.
[QUOTE=Rombishead;35076118]I wouldn't describe it as a chilled feeling, more of a tipsy feeling. That point where you don't really think too negatively and your more prone to saying what's on your mind.[/QUOTE] Basically the same as being drunk AND high at the same time?
[QUOTE=Van-man;35076204]Basically the same as being drunk AND high at the same time?[/QUOTE] Well you still have plenty of control so I wouldn't say drunk, I still wouldn't advise taking this and driving just in case. And I wouldn't compare it to being high, just stops you from over thinking negative stuff. I don't think it would be something that would be used recreationally because it's not that great and I heard that it can tear a hole in the heart if you take too much.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;35072569]Add this as an additive too all drinking water across the world.[/QUOTE]Considering it's primary purpose is to treat high blood pressure, it's not the kind of thing that one would want [I]everyone[/I] to be drinking. Best to figure out exactly [I]why[/I] this particular drug has this effect, then work on replicating it without the blood pressure effects.
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