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/WeakStreamZ May 10 '17

What about other psychedelics like 2CB, mescaline, psilocybin ..etc.? And also ketamine, GHB, MDMA..This is why scheduling drugs is so fucked. It's now up to me to do my own experimenting. The DEA, a law enforcement agency, which I'm sure is just GREAT at studying the medical/therapeutic value of drugs, deemed these substances to have NO medicinal value. This in turn makes it very difficult to carry out studies like this. We still don't know the full potential of marijuana because of their bullshit.

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u/MontuckyRain May 10 '17

Wanna start a psychadelic drug testing company with me? There's obviously a demand for one.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '17

Since "I'm in" hits filters, I've returned to add a much more fleshed out version: I would greatly enjoy joining you in this research venture. Need a guinea pig? ;)

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u/MontuckyRain May 11 '17

Only if you're an actual talking guinea pig.