Editing Talk:790: Control

Soon followed by psychologists recommending the tested drug as a depressant after looking at the results of the trials. '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|#707|David}}<font color=#070 size=3>y</font></u><font color=#508 size=4>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 02:21, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

This has always bothered me: If LSD Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, why isn't it LAD? What's so special about the S in LySergic that it beats out the A in Acid? Anonymous 01:06, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

: It is from the German "Lysergsäure-diethylamid" where "säure" refers to the acidity. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.240.6|108.162.240.6]] 14:39, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

::Ah, that makes sense. Anonymous. 00:10, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

LSD invokes hallucinations, not delirium. By definition, you know when you're hallucinating. Just saying. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.111|108.162.249.111]] 00:21, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
:: People who do insane things like jump off a building or flee from hallucinations while on LSD are usually those who had it slipped to them without their knowledge. The reason most people who are tripping aren't fooled by the things their poorly filtered mind brings up is that they're aware it's happening, not that it's not convincing. If you think you're sober, those impressions are entirely believable. They are not even really a hallucination, but in fact are the triggering of memories by sensory stimulus or thoughts. LSD blocks part of your brain's normal chemical filtering of memories and thoughts, which would keep you from being distracted by only slightly-relevant thoughts. — [[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 21:33, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
: Hallucinations are, in fact, indistinguishable from reality, like delirium. LSD-like effects, where things feel real but you know they aren't are sometimes called pseudohallucinations. Delirants like belladona, datura, mandrake or even nutmeg are more likely produce true hallucinations, usually of the unpleasant kind. [[User:GuB|GuB]] ([[User talk:GuB|talk]]) 13:56, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

: If you are not aware that you have been given a drug that would cause hallucinations, and are going in to have the size of your rash analyzed, you have no expectation of perceiving things that aren't real to help cue you in to what is happening

There is an argument that, when doing tests on humans, who leave the lab and do things that may accidentally or by design affect the data (say, a person being given the placebo rather than a drug for blood sugar, blood pressure, etc who happens to start walking more at work because they are moved to a less centrally located desk, the term "comparison group" should be used instead of "control group," because they can compare the two data sets but not control for all variables [[User:Katt3|Katt3]] ([[User talk:Katt3|talk]]) 17:48, 19 September 2016 (UTC)Katt3 

I always thought the multiple arms were to show motion. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.41|173.245.54.41]] 05:32, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

: An alternative explanation (which was actually my first thought) is that what we see is Megan's perception of herself. Not only does she see spiders around her, but she also sees some features of spiders (having 8 legs/limbs) in her own body. [[User:Bebidek|Bebidek]] ([[User talk:Bebidek|talk]]) 13:13, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
::Theory: upper-limb triplication is an unforeseen adverse reaction *specifically* when combining LSD and a particular type of placebo. But never discovered because there's never been any reason to combine them, before, let alone test for this exact 'drug' reaction.
::In this case, everything would have been 'ok' (more or less) if the LSD hadn't been ''mixed'' into the previously chosen placebo, or if the prior (proper) doses of theoretically inert 'sugar pill' substance had been flushed out of the recipient's system before the psychoactive dose got administered.
::...I know... But this is the xkcdverse, and there's been weirder things than a stealthily-intereactive 'placebo'. ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.160.249|172.70.160.249]] 14:03, 31 May 2024 (UTC)