I think people should be generally afraid of any substance that can I give long term personality changes with just a few doses, sometimes even with a doctor's help.
I watched a movie once that made me deeply depressed for weeks. Thin may have permanently changed my personality too. Should we ban movies because they make people feel and think things that they haven't felt and thought before? (That's as close as I'll get to cancel culture uproar in this post)
I think your rebuttal is more hollow than it appears. It ultimately ascribes equal value to all change, and all change no matter how poorly controlled.
I encourage you to take a moment to get acquainted with what is being done clinically ( which to be honest is not what I was referring to ) ;
Matthew Johnson: Psychedelics | Lex Fridman Podcast #145
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICj8p5jPd3Y
Matthew W. Johnson is a professor and psychedelics researcher at Johns Hopkins.
I could accept your statement with "afraid" switched for "prudent" but even then, it turns out Psilocybin is your friend.
You've calculated statistics for things you've made up.
>Matthew Johnson: Psychedelics | Lex Fridman Podcast #145
Please please don't quote podcasts as research, and giving me 3.5 hours of homework listening to understand your point is poor communication and ensures the maximum amount of resistance to understanding what you're trying to say.
As for the podcast, I was proposing it as a gateway into this field, not as a source to substantiate my general point although it does. My point is otherwise based on first hand experience and a large body of anecdotal evidence. You summarily dismissed one of the most promising array of treatments for people going through some rough stuff without any evidence or submitting any source yourself.
You're right about the poor communication bit though and thank you. Here's a 3:57 minute cut-off [0] from that same podcast, dealing specifically with psylocibin interventions.
> Please please don't quote podcasts as research
Well, this is a podcast with a cutting edge researcher ... I think it's fair game, and I didn't call it research.
I can assure you the general idea we're discussing is worth some of your attention, especially if you or someone you know is dealing with just about any type of serious personal issue.
Make a careful, informed decision. But there is no need to be ‘afraid’.
Most people are not qualified to and cannot make careful informed decisions about the way drugs affect you.
Who is pretending this?
> Most people are not qualified to and cannot make careful informed decisions about the way drugs affect you.
Who is qualified in your opinion?
But I know many people who have done psylocybin for fun who are probably changed because of it, in an uncontrolled fashion.