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A comment on Microdosing with psilocybin mushrooms: a double-blind placebo-controlled study. Parent comment

Re:Microdosing with psilocybin mushrooms: a double-blind pla... by kortex on Saturday August 06, 2022 @10:19AM (#32368325)
Lack of strong evidence is not strong evidence of lack. Subtle effects like "well-being, creativity, and cognitive function" can be quite hard to track, and there are confounders galore.
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Re:Microdosing with psilocybin mushrooms: a double-blind pla... by paulcole on Saturday August 06, 2022 @12:12PM (#32369298)
> We conclude that expectation underlies at least some of the anecdotal benefits attributed to microdosing with psilocybin mushrooms.

That’s the key point. This person expects it to work so it works. They’re not adding it to their Morning Productivity Hacks Routine because they think it doesn’t work.

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