You are wasting your time if you aren??t learning something ?? that is my philosophy. I think that getting high entails taking psychedelics for granted which is what I am opposed to.

When I say I a realist I mean that, while I can understand your point, the ??equanimity not to be disturbed or frustrated when someone contradicts [you]? doesn??t work in the real world. Theoretically, if we all smoked a lot of dope and felt as passive as you seem to then ??we??d all just get along.? That isn??t the case. If I chose to exercise my Zen here and just let everyone say what they wanted without raising relevant issues and pointing out inconsistencies, I would effectively be inhibiting others learning. My intention is to force everyone to think about their preconceptions.