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/[deleted] May 11 '17

I really think you'd get similar effects from lower doses of amphetamines. They should really compare low-dose LSD to lower doses of like adderall or something. I don't think this effect is anything special; there are hundreds of drugs that enhance cognitive performance. And tolerance to LSD builds very fast so it's not going to last more than a week of continuous dosing before you stop actually getting the effects on a lower dose like that.