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I can't speak for myself, but I can offer a piece of anecdata. I had this buddy, who, at the time we became friends, was writing stuff in assembler that I had

I can't speak for myself, but I can offer a piece of anecdata. I had this buddy, who, at the time we became friends, was writing stuff in assembler that I had trouble putting in pascal. To my kid mind, he was an absolute genius. Eventually, he told was he was talking acid and disclosed how he could tell his mind was not as sharp as it used to be as a result. I have no knowledge if it was laced with anything or he simply had one trip too many, but it was definitely life changing. I was trying to reach out recently ( you know.. the whole nostalgia thing to see where everyone is these days ). I will admit that made me hesitate on trying it myself on my own. If I were to do it now, the one thing I would make sure of is that there someone there to watch over me.

throwaway284234 4y ago
Pretty obvious that it's not good for your brain to make it malfunction.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
  I think the less obvious point is that you don't really know what the effect will be. Thanks to crazy drug policies gone amok, we still have very rudimentary understanding of their impact until recently passed mostly on a word of mouth basis. There are stories of actual mind blowing experiences that truly do expand your mind. I did not share my personal experience, because a feeling of absolute peace while being engulfed by light is not that uncommon and hardly life changing unless you are easily swayed anyway. There is a chance your mind will expand. There is a chance something bad will happen. It is a gamble, but I personally think we are still in dark ages of drugs. Maybe one day we will know how exact dosage affects specific mental profile.