Re: Psychedelic singularities (was Test Scores (was Causality))
Max More (maxmore@primenet.com)
Sat, 14 Dec 1996 09:07:05 -0700 (MST)
At 05:21 AM 12/14/96 -0500, Lyle wrote:
>
>I'm just trying to be realistic about what happened to me. I think it is
>possible for most people to recover from acid. But I think it is
>something to be recovered from, not something that gives us strength.
>I don't know of anybody whose test scores went *up* after taking acid.
>I'm not saying this never happens -- all drugs affect different people in
>different ways -- but I never heard of it happening.
I know of someone who says that took the SAT while on a *small* dose of acid
(a quarter tab I believe) and got *better* scores than they achieved the
previous time straight. Of course, this isn't necessarily evidence against
your general proposition about long term effects.
Max
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