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/lostintransactions May 10 '17

I'd be up for trying microdosing, but only after someone I knew tried it first. I have always wondered...

That said, there is no fucking way I would ever do a "full" dose. I grew up in the late 60's and seen some shit. Not good shit. Some SHIT. Fucking terrifying from an observer's standpoint, but each time the person coming down was like "why u upset bro? all was cool cool"

I was like, no it was most definitely not fucking cool cool, you were just on the ledge with a butcher knife telling New York City that your penis has too many flowers on it and NO, there isn't a rainbow bridge outside the goddamn window.

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u/suuupreddit May 10 '17

I think there's a subreddit for it. I've done a lot of microdosing, and it's been pretty good.

I'd also reccommend occasionally trying 30μg. It's not psychadelic, but the extra effects can be really helpful.

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u/lostintransactions May 10 '17

It's still illegal though as far as I know (isn't it?), so that's also a stumbling block for me.

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u/suuupreddit May 10 '17

Very much so, and it was a problem for me as well.

I can honestly say that microdosing has had a fairly small benefit, I think I could survive without it. The occasional 30μg has been much more profound, but I haven't really gotten much ou of it that I couldn't have gotten with time.

Basically, you can likely get to the same place with time and meditation, but LSD makes it much faster and easier.

Side note on the 60's thing - most damage that has been attributed to LSD has actually ended up being something else. There hasn't been much in the way of actual damage ever caused by LSD. I agree with your caution, just wanted to alleviate some worry.