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siduri comments on A rationalist's guide to psychoactive drugs - Less Wrong Discussion

59 Post author: Skatche 10 February 2011 01:01AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 13 February 2011 05:51:16PM 3 points [-]

Eve likes your story, but she has something to say about psychedelics. She's not nearly as enamoured of LSD as you are. Eve thinks acid is like a Newton tablet: it was getting at something important, but the implementation was tremendously clunky, and these days it may be a sort of curiosity piece but there are better options for anybody looking to get real (neural) work done.

Eve recommends 2CB. A person under the influence of 2CB isn't nearly as "impaired" as a person tripping on acid: you can have relatively normal conversations with people who are not tripping. 2CB also appears to be much safer than LSD, showing none of the potential for overdose or for long-term damage, and it only lasts 5-6 hours. And being on 2CB is really interesting for the same reasons indicated in the original story--it allows the mind to look at itself. It also has mild empathogenic qualities, making it sort of like an "MDMA lite" for those who want a milder version of the experience.