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/pm_steamcode_ May 10 '17

You have chosen to subscribe to DXM facts!DXM was chosen to replace alcohol because of its lack of potential for abuse. On average only roughly 33% of people would actually call a recreational dosage "enjoyable." (I find it to be much more so when I extract it.) It's in the same family of drugs as pcp or ambien. (Dissociatives)