I love the way news stories on hallucinogenic drug research always have this sort of willful ignorance to them. Headline: Magic Mushrooms: Study Says They Help Some See Their Spiritual Side. Whenever I see a headline along these lines I can’t help but blurt out, like a annoyed pre-teen, “Duh!” Also, newsflash: water is wet!

Quote: “The study involved 36 men and women during an eight-hour lab visit.” This was a funded study remember. It was Science! Meanwhile the “study” that’s been ongoing for centuries, involving literally millions upon millions of subjects in every age/gender/scocio-economic combination possible, and which, I might add, arrived at this very same conclusion long, long, loonnnng ago, is decidedly not. It’s not of much value in discerning facts or compiling evidence or just generally helping us to better understand the effects of the drug in question evidently, and, as a matter of fact, is dangerous, illegal, and quite possibly evil…

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totally agree.  the science of no duh.  but my favorite part of the article was this:

...Griffiths also said that despite the spiritual characteristics reported for the drug experiences, the study says nothing about whether God exists.

really?  no mention, huh?

Posted on 07.03 at 01:00 AM by ismateo


“Even in the controlled setting of the laboratory, nearly a third of participants felt significant fear under the effects of the drug.”

I find this astonishing because laboratories are ordinarily such safe, warm and reassuring environments for laypeople.

Posted on 07.03 at 04:23 PM by Pierce


Reminds me of this old gem.

Posted on 07.03 at 05:23 PM by Olof


Perhaps the significant fear was only indigestion ( ;


I think most people that don’t try it feel they’re good where they’re at…“safe”

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