Posted on 03/24/2020 9:05:28 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Scientists wearing white coats explained they would be taking a small dose of a drug called iprocin, similar to psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms. The study would be testing the effects of psychedelics and their environment on creativity.
The iprocin would hit quickly, the students were told—within 15 minutes, then peak in about an hour, and fade. The effects could include any of the following: "improved mood, heightened cognition, emotional sensitivity, light sensitivity, hallucinations, sleepiness, tingling sensation of the skin, vivid recall of memories, increased perspiration, slurred speech, mild anxiety, slower reflex response, and dizziness.”
The experiment was not set up to “debunk” psychedelics, or imply that they are predominantly placebo. Instead, their findings reveal that, when it comes to taking hallucinogenic drugs, context may matter in deeper ways than previously assumed.
If context could influence some people to experience psychedelic effects without a drug, it means that it might also play a role in how a person feels when taking the active substance. As the research in psychedelics takes off for mental health issues, researchers have been learning about the importance of the mindset and environment a person takes psychedelics in, called "set and setting." This can include the lighting or music, as well as the interactions with therapists guiding a psychedelic experience, or a person’s view of psychedelic drugs and their expectations.
If psychedelics are approved as treatments for depression, addiction, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this could be a crucial thing to remember, said Ido Hartogsohn, an assistant professor at the Science, Technology and Society Studies program at Bar Ilan University in Israel, who wasn’t involved in the study. Just doling out a psilocybin capsule in “a sterile, fluorescent-lit clinic, with an uncaring practitioner who treats you coldly" might not lead to the best outcomes.
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Not surpising; just look wtf fake news can do!
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I was trippin’ as I read that.
It’s called Hypnosis - it’s commonly done in stage performances. I’ve done it myself (not on stage) and very easy to do.
I recently hypnotized people and told them to go out and buy toilet paper.
Nothing new.
In the 60s while Leary was still a college professor, he ended up being part of the control group that was given Niacin instead and he initially mistook the flush feeling as the acid coming on even though he had actually tripped before.
Or from watching cable news
it’;s mind over matter- if you don’t mind, it don’t matter-
just look at liberals in congress- permanently hypnotized by the Evil One-
if only the effect could be mass produced- save people a lot of grief that are going to try drugs no matter what- I would imagine there would be no side effects- but who knows- maybe it does still affect soemoen negatively somehow? Acid however can really mess a person up-
TDS is one such effect - don’t even need a pill, just turn on the boob tube.
Used to pay good money for that.
Now, I just watch CNN.
Placebo Effect. Well known and why double blind studies are necessary. It’s amazing what your brain is capable of simply through conscious belief and expectation. And if one wants to explore the truly weird, look into Consciousness and Quantum Physics.
In a similar experiment, government researchers wanted to see if they could actually create a shortage of toilet paper just by SAYING that there was going to be a shortage. With the media’s help, the placebo TP shortage was so successful that they conducted further research to determine if they could cripple the economy by creating a placebo coronavirus, and.....
First of all...15 minutes? Used to take 30 plus.... At that point, time....time....time....
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