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Lone and meandering article refusing to get to the point promised in the headline.

MrDresden 3y ago
Yeah, just skimmed it and it comes down to: Psychadelics seem to have the ability to leave the user (after the actual 'trip' has worn off) in a state of heightened receptiveness for a long duration (length is different dependent on the drug, but counts weeks in some cases). This state is called a 'critical period' and is usually experienced in childhood. This state might allow for easier digestion of new material, forming new habits or skills or allow the user to be taken advantage of (Charles Manson, and his LSD fueled cult, is mentioned in this regard).
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y ago
  It's worth noting this is not new knowledge, it's completely obvious to anyone who's tried psychedelics. I haven't properly dug through the paper for all the details yet, maybe there's some interesting nuggets of new insight in there. But so far it's looking like this is further confirming what us psychonauts have always sort of understood. It's very encouraging to get rigorous science to back the intuition up though. It will obviously help guide future research in clinical applications. Here's the actual most recent research paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06204-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06204-3
- criddell 3y ago
  I wonder if that would be a way for adults to acquire perfect pitch?
JPLeRouzic 3y ago
This publication by the same scientists is probably more interesting: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06204-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06204-3 "Here we demonstrate in mice that the ability to reopen the social reward learning critical period is a shared property across psychedelic drugs."
- avodonosov 3y ago
  Thank you for that! I was going to ask if a scientific abstract is available.
avodonosov 3y ago
Thank you for finding so mild words to describe the style of this article.

Yeah, just skimmed it and it comes down to: Psychadelics seem to have the ability to leave the user (after the actual 'trip' has worn off) in a state of heightened receptiveness for a long duration (length is different dependent on the drug, but counts weeks in some cases). This state is called a 'critical period' and is usually experienced in childhood. This state might allow for easier digestion of new material, forming new habits or skills or allow the user to be taken advantage of (Charles Manson, and his LSD fueled cult, is mentioned in this regard).

mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y ago
It's worth noting this is not new knowledge, it's completely obvious to anyone who's tried psychedelics. I haven't properly dug through the paper for all the details yet, maybe there's some interesting nuggets of new insight in there. But so far it's looking like this is further confirming what us psychonauts have always sort of understood. It's very encouraging to get rigorous science to back the intuition up though. It will obviously help guide future research in clinical applications. Here's the actual most recent research paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06204-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06204-3
criddell 3y ago
I wonder if that would be a way for adults to acquire perfect pitch?

JPLeRouzic 3y ago

This publication by the same scientists is probably more interesting: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06204-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06204-3 "Here we demonstrate in mice that the ability to reopen the social reward learning critical period is a shared property across psychedelic drugs."

avodonosov 3y ago
Thank you for that! I was going to ask if a scientific abstract is available.

avodonosov 3y ago

Thank you for finding so mild words to describe the style of this article.