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by optimalsolver 744 days ago
>Albert Hoffman the inventor of LSD also said he had contact with external entities on a trip (eyeball with wings) and said that it told him that they chose him to discover LSD for the sake of humanity

When will these entities share something truly useful, like the design for a working cold fusion reactor, or a cure for Alzheimer's?

Also, people really need to know that while a psychadelic trip can be healing and mystical, it can also go like this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DMT/comments/gb9ar0/dark_dmt_trip_r...

2 comments

This person did an insanely high dosage of DMT. Most people can hit "breakthrough" levels at 20-30mg, and I rarely hear of even experienced DMT users taking more than 50mg. 100mg for someone on their first real trip isn't something anyone should do - and from their general attitude towards tripping solo when knowing they aren't in a great mental place, it doesn't seem like they're particularly experienced with shrooms or lsd, either.

I wouldn't cautious people against social drinking to the point of getting a buzz just because getting blackout drunk is often an unpleasant experience.

Why is saving the entire world your only idea of usefulness?