Comments on: Not Seeking Visionary Experiences

By: Alrenous

Alrenous — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 22:29:10 +0000

I’d be fine if you were proven right. Microdose LSD has low but not zero risk. Placebo has no risk. If a placebo has similar effects, the only question is how to administer it without the obviously unstable lie. Maybe all you need is the person giving it to you to wear a lab coat. If it’s stupid and it works, it’s not stupid.

By: Faze

Faze — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 21:06:49 +0000

This really calls for a double blind test. I would predict that if you gave 50 random people sugar pills, and 50 people sub-clinical doses of LSD, and told both groups that they were getting the LSD, you’d find a strong placebo effect among the sugar pill group. But I’d be happy to be proven wrong.

By: AlphaSquared

AlphaSquared — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 19:45:56 +0000

Can one even get LSD anymore?

By: Alrenous

Alrenous — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 19:05:03 +0000

Notice that it’s worth taking even if you just feel it helps.

Notice that it can’t only feel like it helps, because being less sullen is a material gain for anyone who interacts with you. Similarly it would seem it would forestall losing one’s temper or otherwise going on tilt.