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Re:Do Psychedelics Just Provide Comforting Delusions? by trabant00 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @10:30AM (#27435663)
A sysadmin colleague of mine once put it best: "The trouble with drugs is they make every thought return exit code 0".

I think in a generation or so we will look back to all this positive press drugs get these days and wonder what the hell where people smoking.

Re:Do Psychedelics Just Provide Comforting Delusions? by netizen-936824 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @12:06PM (#27437004)
Ahh yes, all drugs do the same thing and are all bad right? Caffeine should be banned.
Re:Do Psychedelics Just Provide Comforting Delusions? by bustin on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @12:15PM (#27437137)
I found that I experienced something similar on stuff as light as adderal/vyvanse/focalin or cigarettes.

As someone who has taken most of the stuff out there I agree with trabant that they help return exit 0, and think it's proportional to the euphoria the drug produces.

I don't think we need to ban them but we need to be honest with ourselves that we're sticking cattle prods in our brains, and to enjoy them for what they are :)

Re:Do Psychedelics Just Provide Comforting Delusions? by netizen-936824 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @11:00PM (#27443741)
Perhaps I should have included /s Prohibition is not the answer, and while programming comparisons may have their place, comparing thoughts to a program is not accurate, especially when discussing psychoactive compounds. Different drugs do vastly different things in the brain.
Re:Do Psychedelics Just Provide Comforting Delusions? by reassembled on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @02:18AM (#27444805)
That’s just it though, drugs don’t make “every” thought return 0. Psychedelics often reveal the recursive or “loop-y” nature of our thought processes.
Re:Do Psychedelics Just Provide Comforting Delusions? by netizen-936824 on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @10:46AM (#27448495)
Drugs do not reveal anything, they change how signals are processed. Thought loops are a very common effect with 5ht agonists and nmda antagonists.