I was happy Inception wasĬreated because suddenly the vox pop can grasp some part of what it means when I Years later I am still working through the massiveĪmount of data and introspective knowledge I gained. I've spent months in my mind (chemical coma), the knowledge I've gained there IĬan compare to no other.
The latter friend was on a dose low enough that neither he nor anyone else could notice the effects- other than the slightly changed thought processes, of course.
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The interesting thing about this is that a full "tripping" dose is not necessary. They're falling apart right in front of us and we act as if its normal and okay! This is not okay!!!" I have a friend who came to a pretty big personal revelation about reductionism/human behavior when under the influence of DMT.Īnother friend took a threshold dose of LSD and said something along the lines of "I've always known intellectually that aging is bad, but it finally hit me- at an emotional level. "What if I had not taken LSD ever would I have still invented PCR? I don't know. It's not what you'd chose if you need to concentrate on something, but if the problem requires a creative solution and you're stuck, it might be the way to go. Psychedelics can have cognitive benefits. exercise could be very helpful.Īdded: Adam Atlas is now hosting an IA wiki: BetterBrains! Bookmark it, add to it, make it awesome. Less Wrong is pretty confused about IA, so even if you're not an expert, a quick analysis or link to a metastudy about e.g. This way the comment threads will be more structured and organized.
Lists of potential interventions are great, but even better would be a thorough analysis of a single intervention: costs, benefits, ease, et cetera.
Where's the highest expected value? What's easiest to make part of your daily routine? Hopefully discussion here will lead to concise top level posts describing what works for a more self-improvement-savvy Less Wrong. A place to discuss potentially promising methods of intelligence amplification in the broad sense of general methods, tools, diets, regimens, or substances that boost cognition (memory, creativity, focus, etc.): anything from SuperMemo to Piracetam to regular exercise to eating lots of animal fat to binaural beats, whether it works or not.
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