Psychedelic scientist sends brains back to childhood

Post by Xen9 » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 10:18 PM UTC

M4v3R wrote: post #40

pizzafeelsright wrote: post #23

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I refuse to take any despite wanting to. I have thoughts on how it works, at a not physical realm. What makes you flip bit to joyous? What chemical or physical or physiological change happens? Does it wear off? I'm not depressed. I was at one point and found the solution. I have extensive joy. Yet I want to try because I think it does something that isn't the same bit flip you're experiencing.

At normal doses ( What is does is exactly what the article explains - it unlocks the inner child in you. You will be curious about everything, everyday objects will suddenly become interesting as if you saw them for the first time. Your senses might become connected, some people “see” music with their eyes closed for example. It will make your mind go places that it normally rarely or never visits and you’ll be able…

Post by haswell » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 10:36 PM UTC

NeuroCoder wrote: post #44

funnym0nk3y wrote: post #9

There is so much psychedelic research happening right now. But when will it reach patients outside of trials?

Beginning of my MD PhD program a guy who was big in that field and tried small scale trials gave a whole schpill about how big pharma was unfairly blocking this. Then I spent over an hour talking to him about it. This field has a huge challenge finding a consistent and reproducible outcome to aim for. When I pressed the guy he was pretty clear that there were participants in these studies that has pretty bad outcomes…

Post by HardlyCurious » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 10:59 PM UTC

toss1 wrote: post #47

randomopining wrote: post #29

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Sounds like the reason why there's a backlash against exposing kids to all of these controversial topics in the "culture wars" in the West.

Nah. That would be because one political party sustains itself by keeping it's voter base on a treadmill of fear and outrage, is moving strongly towards authoritarianism, and has a large contingent specifically intent on implementing a flavor of religious fascism called Dominionism (cf. "Seven Mountians Mandate"). These latest "topics in the culture wars" are simply that, the latest usable tools that can be used, alo…

Post by krrrh » Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 11:28 PM UTC

theprincess wrote: post #39

randomopining wrote: post #29

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Sounds like the reason why there's a backlash against exposing kids to all of these controversial topics in the "culture wars" in the West.

I think you're right. On one side, you see adults who believe that sexuality and cross-gender identification are immutable, or at least practically immutable. Their goal is to expose e.g. heterosexual kids to the idea that some of their peers will be different from them so that they aren't shocked and scandalized by it later, then lash out unfairly as a result of prejudice against the unknown. On the other side, you…

Post by pengaru » Sat, Jun 17, 2023, 12:10 AM UTC

xcv123 wrote: post #56

pengaru wrote: post #34

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> I felt smarter, and overall pretty great. I felt like I was making all these brilliant connections. And here I thought the whole point of micro-dosing is the dose is too small to feel anything at all. AIUI what you're calling microdosing is still in the realm of macrodosing, and no shit your working memory and time management was affected. What you were feeling were low-key hallucinations.

> And here I thought the whole point of micro-dosing is the dose is too small to feel anything at all. That is not the point of micro-dosing. What would be the purpose of taking it, if it does absolutely nothing at all? The idea is that you are taking a very small dose, to cause a mild effect, and not so much that you trip out and start hallucinating.