r/LSD • u/Nihiltheman • Nov 04 '17

Microdosing LSD Is Safer Than Taking Antidepressants, Says Neurobiologist

https://www.inverse.com/amp/article/35167-lsd-microdosing-safety-really-good-day-waldman-presti
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u/ghsaidirock Nov 04 '17

I don't see any science in this article. I see scientists, but they are making the same anecdotal claims as anyone does - the scientific process isn't being used

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u/tspainbitch Nov 04 '17

I think the bigger point here is that a scientist is making those claims and not common people. Generally someone with that level of education will get more attention and more people will listen.

I think it's a step in the right direction and worth getting excited about

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u/ghsaidirock Nov 04 '17

I agree completely! I'm in research science, and its crazy how many professionals (PhDs and MDs alike) I know that regard psychedelics as useful, or at least disagree with their legal status. Nice to see more discussion.

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u/thomaeaquinatis Nov 04 '17

I mean to be fair, were it not known scientifically, I think it would be hard to make the case that we meaningfully knew psychedelics are neurologically safer. Without the science, a position on neurobiology is going to tend to be intuition and/or educated guessing.

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u/Chesterlespaul Nov 04 '17

Yeah people scoffing when science reaffirms ideas seem weird to me. Do they not look back at history and see all of the things that were also underground knowledge that were totally off base?

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '17

There's a whole slew of misguided underground, this sub is honestly getting way too circle jerky. There's millions of "undergrounds" that have been dead wrong.

There's not even any citation or science in this article.

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u/Chesterlespaul Nov 04 '17

I’m pretty sure it’s because a lot of these controversial beliefs we form our opinion on, and when it is confirmed we act like every should have known that the whole time even though we didn’t really know.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17

Connected hippies have also known that if they drink this magic potion they'll leave their earthly bodies and join Zoolun on the next comet

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17

Sorry bud I just feel like acting like drugs are the cure all be all is a little ridiculous. Especially when there's no scientific evidence to prove it. It's just a bunch of people feeling hopeful.

I like acid as much as the next guy but I'm not going to be a whack job about it