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Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by filoleg on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @01:24PM (#21641102)
>So if you have a bad experience from the drugs, it was because you weren't in a positive headspace?

You can always test out this hypothesis by doing a tab of LSD from the same batch twice while controlling for your headspace. One day, you do it with a positive headspace, and another day you do it with a negative one. If you had a great experience the first time and a bad experience the second time, clearly the headspace alignment made the difference.

Yes, this kind of testing isn't as rigorous as it would have been for a legitimate scientific trial (which I bet we will see in the future as the research into the area accelerates), but imo it is more than just a No True Scotsman backed by broscience.

And of course, no one says that a negative headspace is the only reason for someone to have a bad experience, there are others for sure. For example, certain people with predisposition for schizophrenia probably should abstain as well. AFAIK psychedelics won't cause a schizophrenia in an otherwise healthy person, but I heard it might kick off an early onset if you were going to get a schizophrenia in a few years without any psychedelics anyways.

Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by wufufufu on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @04:26PM (#21642902)
"headspace" doesn't mean anything
Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by Analog24 on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @01:16AM (#21645700)
Yes, it does. It's quite literally in the dictionary: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headspace
Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by wufufufu on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @04:10PM (#21652174)
Ok have fun performing psychological experiments on your brain using "informal" merriam webster definitions
Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by Analog24 on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @08:55PM (#21654034)
You're just being pedantic and grasping at straws. Whether or not we're using the scientific term for an individual's mindset (which is not quantifiable to a high degree of precision but that doesn't meant it's not quantifiable at all, you can at least reduce most 'measurements' to a binary range) is irrelevant to its significance. The comment you replied to specifically said it would be hard to do a rigorous study of.
Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by filoleg on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @02:08PM (#21650920)
ok, you can replace that word with "mood and the general train of thoughts at the moment". Happier now?

Everyone knows what it means, and it is way shorter than what I have in the quotes. Pretending it isn't a legitimate word (despite it having an actual entry in the dictionary) doesn't make you look more impressive.

Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by AnthonBerg on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @06:17PM (#21643740)
You don’t understand anything when you read or hear the word?