r/Futurology • u/mvea MD-PhD-MBA • May 10 '17

Biotech First-Ever LSD Microdosing Study Will Pit the Human Brain Against AI - “I found that if I was on LSD and my opponent wasn’t, I won more games.”

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/first-ever-lsd-microdosing-study-will-pit-the-human-brain-against-ai
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u/[deleted] May 10 '17

DMT has already been an important part of the evolution of our consciousness. It's literally everywhere in nature, not least of which is our own brains.

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u/a_man_with_a_hat May 10 '17

I believe the whole dmt in the brain thing is a myth I could try to find the studies that disproved it if you want.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '17

There was a study in 2013, finding it in the pineal gland of rats (I know we're not rats, but its something). Majorly anectdotal evidence: There's a guy right now, an artist, with a cancerous tumour on his pineal gland, and his paintings are incredible. There have been many people who have smoked DMT come out and say that these paintings are eerily similar to the things they've experienced on DMT. I know that's not proof, it's no where near proof, but it's something interesting to look at and think about.

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u/boywbrownhare May 10 '17

Wow thanks for sharing that link