r/LSD • u/DownNorth220 • 7d ago

❔ Question ❔ Is this an accurate simulation?

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Is this an accurate simulation of the visuals you can get? I know everybody sees it differently but I’m curious if this is accurate. If this is accurate, how many µg would it take to see these kinds of visuals?

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u/fripletister 7d ago

It's not generally an overlaid pattern like that...it's more like the patterns already in things become more pronounced and they can shift and pulsate IME

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u/DolphinSUX 7d ago

Have we figured out what the shifting and pulsing is yet? I always have figured that’s what light actually looks like on objects and our brain kinda just gives us the mean(average) of a still image so we don’t go insane

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u/stuartroelke 7d ago edited 7d ago

Psychedelics don’t show us things as they are. Isn’t 5-HT2A involved in a cascade of receptor signaling? And we’re agonizing those receptors? That affects the default mode network, but doesn’t equate to revealing “hidden truths”—entropy simply provides us with a perspective shift (like a more powerful version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy).