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Originally Posted by Anthony
No, it really isn't. If it works to a level that's measurable in game mechanics, it's a psychoactive chemical.
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Appearance works to a level that's measurable in game mechanics, but we don't class beautiful people (whether naturally or artificially) as walking psychoactive brain hacks.
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Originally Posted by Anthony
That's because they are generally held to be ineffective.
And lawmakers learn to recognize perfume makers attempting to do that, and make it illegal.
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I specifically brought up examples that are effective, but only against a minority of people. (You cut out that part of the argument. A meaning of an argument can change and/or deteriorate drastically when such necessary parts are left out.) The mechanism does not change (a sensory one), the level of
effectiveness does not change (e.g. a +4ish worth of Reaction Modifiers), only the percentage against such effectiveness applies changes.
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Originally Posted by Anthony
MD? In any case, plenty of societies have made particular types of memetics illegal, though usually under names such as 'sedition'.
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MD = Madness Dossier, mentioned above.
Anyway, sedition is a specific kind of meme that is illegal to spread regardless of your skill level and regardless of whether it uses text, audiospeech or whatever, so it's not very applicable.