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You could compare against other psychedelics. I’d be interested in that.
by teaearlgraycold 2y ago
You could compare against other psychedelics. I’d be interested in that.
- zozbot234 2y agoYou could also test it on severely sleep-deprived experimenters undergoing sensory isolation, but that would never get IRB approval.
- roywiggins 2y agoSleep deprivation is thought to temporarily relieve depression in a lot of people, so it wouldn't really be a placebo anyway. https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2017/september/sleep-deprivation-is-an-effective-antidepressant-for-nearly-half-of-depressed-patients https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2017/septemb...
- cubefox 2y agoYeah. Especially a comparison with LSD seems interesting. However, if both perform similarly, this could either mean they both work or they both don't work.
- a57721 2y agoThere are many hints at psilocybin not being different to LSD, some researchers opted for psilocybin for trials just because it was less known to the wide audience and had less cultural baggage than LSD. There are some comparisons, e.g. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-023-01607-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-023-01607-2