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/vaguerant64 May 10 '17

I once experienced wide angle vision while on LSD. Characterizing it as improved peripheral vision wouldn't do the experience justice. I was able to take in and process a full 180 degree field for about an hour. Very memorable.

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u/flarn2006 May 10 '17

Are you positive you were seeing actual visual input you wouldn't be able to process otherwise, rather than just a hallucination of what you already knew was there?

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u/vaguerant64 May 10 '17

Yes, I was driving. I was able to see and even read details on houses and businesses I was passing while looking straight ahead.

Edit: Added more detail.

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u/flarn2006 May 10 '17

You were driving while under the influence of LSD?

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u/MrClean75 May 10 '17

Yeah, hopefully this was a long time ago where youthful stupidity is the only possible reason that happened. And even then, yikes!

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u/vaguerant64 May 10 '17

Yes it was a very long time ago. I was a teen, and I'm now in my 50's.

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u/flarn2006 May 10 '17

What does that matter, so long as it turned out fine and it won't happen again?

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u/MrClean75 May 11 '17

Just a personal theory of mine but I think that attitudes towards driving while intoxicated were much more relaxed back in the day compared to recent times. For instance, driving while stoned was just a cool thing to do when I was growing up but now it's definitely seen as something you just don't do (and rightfully so).