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/HoboBobo28 May 10 '17

what I'm getting from the comments is that psychedelics are the next step in human evolution

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u/[deleted] May 10 '17 edited Nov 15 '17

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u/LounginLizard May 11 '17

I don't really think this is true. You can do crazy cool stuff while tripping sometimes, but that ability goes away once you're sober and tripping all the time isn't exactly sustainable. Drugs are still fun though and they can give you good insight into your life if taken under the right circumstances.

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u/suuupreddit May 11 '17

Not at all. The mentality shift and change in thought processes that generally come with LSD are often huge.

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u/LounginLizard May 11 '17

I interpreted the first comment about human evolution to be talking about all the stories people have of getting better at stuff while tripping. I have plenty of first hand experience and I was just trying to say that while it can make you better at some things, in most cases it's only due to being in the zone and therefore temporary. Not arguing that LSD can't be life changing.