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> The most concerning part of their experiment was how it distorted their own perceptions and judgment. They’d feel like they had arrived at great epiphanies or
by mistermann 6y ago
> The most concerning part of their experiment was how it distorted their own perceptions and judgment. They’d feel like they had arrived at great epiphanies or accomplished something impressive after solving trivial or obvious problems. They were convinced that their LSD days were full of breakthroughs and leaps forward, when in reality the drug was just making even small tasks feel like great victories. We politely hinted that they should stop when they struggled to keep up in meetings and conversations.
This sounds like extremely distorted cognitive behavior, when microdosing is "supposed to be" done at sub-perceptual levels (suggesting they weren't actually microdosing). Can you give some specific examples of the "great epiphanies", "making even small tasks feel like great victories", "they struggled to keep up in meetings and conversations" that you observed?