Posted on 11/27/2015 8:52:04 AM PST by BenLurkin
It seems unlikely, but that’s apparently what some Silicon Valley professionals have been doing - and reporting great results.
According to Rolling Stone, a growing number of people are experimenting with "microdoses" of psychedelics to help them work.
A microdose of LSD is around 10-15 micrograms, approximately a tenth of a "normal" dose.
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At that dosage, Rolling Stone describes the drug's effects as "subperceptual": 'Enough, says Rick Doblin, founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, 'to feel a little bit of energy lift, a little bit of insight, but not so much that you are tripping.'"
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Psychedelics researcher Dr James Fadiman discussed microdosing with Vice, saying: 'People do it and they’re eating better, sleeping better, they're often returning to exercise or yoga or meditation. It’s as if messages are passing through their body more easily."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Rolling Stone Tripe Ping
Bad idea. Some developers have “the knack” for what I call blank-sheet (or blank-screen) design. They have that blend of experience and creativity and can be given assignments in only the broadest terms. Other developers, though they may be clever coders, great maintainers/debuggers, just fundamentally need more explicit direction. I have no personal experience with LSD or similar concoctions, but I have a hard time believing it would help.
I applaud those who are trying this. I could see that in small doses this would break down internal buffers and preconceived notions, and still allow the user to function normally and safely.
There are a lot of Neanderthal perceptions about LSD, and all of them are wrong.
How do you know this?
Im thinking we might see some interesting products in about 5 years. Ones that make you say “how in the hell did they ever dream THIS up?”
Oh, and also some odd, rather young looking, homeless in the bay area, walking around collecting trash in their hat. Brains fried.
OMG, I just literally said don’t ask me how I know this and here you go asking me how I know this!! :D <3 <3
Ah well, just to state the obvious, I have done many, many really stupid things.
Brain dramage it causes. Really...it does.
I suspect the outcome will be similar with those who use alcohol: some can handle it and remain relatively unharmed, while those with a more addictive personality may be permanently altered and in negative ways.
The article says the doses are ‘minute’. How closely will the employees be scrutinized to make sure nobody takes a handful of these ‘minute’ doses?
Whenever I hear about somebody ‘dabbling’ in high dosage LSD
I think of what happened to Diane Linkletter in October of 1966. Diane, 20 year old daughter of Talk Show pioneer Art Linkletter, jumped out of her sixth storey apartment window in West Hollywood. Diane’s death from her injuries was largely seen as a suicide done after months of taking LSD plus despondency that her career was not taking off as expected.
According to the Quest Diagnostics website, they do make an LSD detection kit, which is able to detect the drug within 8 hours of use. That is a shorter window than other drugs, but if employees are using it at work, it should be detectable.
Now, if employers are choosing not to test employees, that is a different issue. I would think an OJT accident would cause a rapid change in that policy.
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LSD-Aided CAD...
Yes, it’s a TV show that is currently playing.
I can relate. I’m designing chips in 3 dimensions...
Yeah! Like that! Precisely!
I was just poking you.
I know things too.
I think these Silicon Valley folks are actually experimenting with a hallucinogenic compound used in shamanic rituals in the Amazon is growing in popularity. Dimethyltryptamine (DMT).
I know someone that has tried this.
They are seeking an altered state that makes them feel more connected to the Universe.
It is a way for them to “experience” the promises of Buddhism.
“If You Haven’t Heard Of DMT Yet, You Might Soon”
Posted: 12/09/2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/09/dmt-use_n_4412633.html
♫ I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in ♫
What goes around comes around... like communism, this time they can do it better not near as bad as it was before, round and round it goes!
And don’t get me started about the LSD crash.
As someone else said on this thread, this cannot end well.
This explains the Windows 8 desktop layout.
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