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vortep 12 hours ago [-]
How do you do a double-blind with a drug that perceptibly changes your state of mind?
RugnirViking 8 hours ago [-]
I guess you do it anyway? the change in the state of mind is thought to be at least in part the mechanism of action, no? so if thats what makes it work, its good to test it against a non hallucinogen
fragmede 8 hours ago [-]
You can't, and it's a real problem for some people. Other people realize that, like testing the efficacy of parachutes by throwing two people off an airplane, one without a parachute; other people realize the double blind standard can't be applied but that the results aren't woo mystical astrology unfounded conclusions despite that.
thepotatodude 6 hours ago [-]
academia is struggling to realize this
amanaplanacanal 13 hours ago [-]
What is their dosing schedule? It says single dose, but how much are they giving?
pretty exciting if this passes FDA approval. it's getting close.
Acrobatic_Road 13 hours ago [-]
I'm going to skip the line on this one.
znpy 9 hours ago [-]
> Definium Therapeutics tab said a single dose of its LSD-based experimental pill significantly reduced symptoms of major depression
Reminds me of Soma from “brave new world” by aldus huxley.
We’re only missing a way to generate some pre-conditioned humans and we’re pretty much done (birthrates are already falling anyway, no need for malthusian practices).
evanjrowley 2 hours ago [-]
Aldus Huxley was a proponent of LSD[0]. The Soma in his Brave New World is not meant to represent it.
Reminds me of Soma from “brave new world” by aldus huxley.
We’re only missing a way to generate some pre-conditioned humans and we’re pretty much done (birthrates are already falling anyway, no need for malthusian practices).
[0] https://daily.jstor.org/when-aldous-huxley-dropped-acid/
Oh wait. That layoff caused my health insurance to quit working.
Oh well, can’t have any fun these days.