Do you believe "Doc" is real?

[Occhidiangela]

Bunk.

The brain is highly adaptive and it can be reprogrammed. If you take certain substances and expose your brain to them, the brain will create receptors to take advantage of said substance. Take caffiene or capsaicin for example. The brain can program it self to become receptive to these chemicals. It creates new receptors specifically designed to take advantage of these chemical compounds. The brain then figures out how to work better while under these particular chemical influences. With the two chemicals I listed, the brain can train it self to work harder, faster, and with clearer thought processes, and both will leave you with a mild sense of euphoria. You stop giving your brain these chemicals, and your brain will punish you with headaches... Your brain is screaming at you that it is not well and desires more of said chemicals. Much like drug addiction. I listed two mostly harmless and easily available compounds that any human being can enjoy.
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Doc, since your doctorship is not a medical one, please take some care on the bunk vis a vis medical matters. Don't recall your bundle of wax being neurosurgery either.

The difference between adaptation and reprogramming may be subtle, but it is real. Once you cross a certain threshold in neural damage, the recovery capacity is, as of this writing, a grim probability. Reserach into nerve regeneration continues. Above that threshold, adaptability and repair seems the norm.

As to reprogramming with LSD: that is piss poor advice, Doctor.

*agonized whiney voice* Think about the Children who might read this thread! :o J/K Bah anyway.

*Whiskey burnt voice* Think about the impressionable rogues who might read this thread. :lol: There, that's more like it.

You made a comment in another post about most acid being synthetic. Doc, it's all synthetic. It was an engineered drug in the first place, it don't grow on a plant. Now, Mescaline? Peyote? Psylloscibin? Compounds of concentrated hashish? Different story.

Friends of mine made LSD in college. (70's) Lots of folks I went to high school with took it recreationally in HS and College. None I recall (could be wrong) took Acid in large doses. A hit here, a hit there. Blotter the most common form, tabs the dosage. Well, except Tom M, a multi hit man, who is one of the few unsuccessful suicides I personally know. The guys who were with him at college attributed part of that to acid, but Tom had a few demons in the cage, acid or no.

Yes, anecdote, not strong evidence, which is just what your experience is.

Anecdotal.

You liked your acid, fine and dandy. Promoting it as some excellent means to brain reprogramming and mind expansion is irresponsible, since not all brains are wired identiclly, and not all persons are philosophy majors pursuing their inner consciousness and experimentations in enlightenment.

Be careful what you recommend regarding mind altering substances. We aint all wired the same. I admit to a caffeine addiction, but don't really recommend it. Guinness, on the other hand . . . well, it will give one gas, so caveat imbiber.

Occhi