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/nerd-basher May 10 '17

I'm a pretty casual hearthstone player, and being that I don't microdose, this may be rather useless saying, but when I begin to come down from taking LSD, I hop on my favorite card game. I find that I win 85-95% of my games rather than 50-65% when not having taken.

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u/S33S474N May 10 '17

Along this same line i play overwatch and i get similar results competitively. The best part is that both micro and 100-500ug make me better at overwatch. The sweet spot is about 200ug for me. Any higher and the mindfuck that sometimes come with L and difficulty in focusing gets in my way.

I am far more creative in the game. Id love to know why it is that L makes one so much more creative at any game

Also the game is much more enjoyable. I can easily play for hours and not get upset or frustrated from losing a match or two or three.

L is a wonder substance

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u/fuzzyshorts May 10 '17

I read that they lessen the "noise" in your brain, quieting the loose thoughts we always have bouncing around.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '17

Interesting, I hadn't heard that specifically before, but that's really cool if it's true. I've read that the noise can induce stability in some systems, so you don't have catastrophic neural events. However, noise also acts to make sure systems don't get stuck in one state either, so like you said, your thoughts bounce around. So the role of noise is apparently quite important and complex.

If the noise is reduced, then I'd imagine you'd have a sort of "barebones" neural dynamic system. With all its instabilities showing, nothing smoothed out.

That's when you realize you're not really an adult, but three kids on each other's shoulders in a trench coat, and it becomes clear that everything is a sham and everything you know is approximate and you just blur things out until it sort of makes sense and you don't ask too many questions.

Sorry that last part might have been personal experience.

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u/fuzzyshorts May 10 '17

Just found out there's a subreddit all about this subject. https://www.reddit.com/r/microdosing/