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- From: aankrom@nyx.cs.du.edu (Anthony Ankrom)
- Subject: Re: Fried Brain on Acid
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.034333.3613@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 03:43:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec19.000455.20985@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp
- com (bill nelson) writes:
- >aankrom@nyx.cs.du.edu (Anthony Ankrom) writes:
- >:
- >: While reading this post I got a silly idea: What if during the proces
- of
- >: tripping, one encountered a stimulus or stimuli that, induced the brai
-
- >: into rewiring itself in a random way? (By brain, I mean the cortex) I
- ean
- >: these stimuli are certainly elusive, but conceivably thewy could exist
-
- >: And what might it take to rehabilitate a victim of this hypothetical
- >: affliction. By no means am I suggesting this as a proscription against
- the
- >: use of LSD or any other hallucinogen. But it judst seemed an interesti
- g
- >: possibility. It wouldn't necessarilly have to be random either. Some
- >: overwhelming stimulus may ber able to render a tripper vegatative. I h
- ve
- >: no idea how frequently such an event could occur. (Please no flames on
- >: this, just discussion. I'm not out to spread myths and fear...)
- >
- >Let's put it this way. There is no medical documentation of anyone becom
- ng
- >a vegetable due to LSD usage.
- >
- >Bill
-
-
-
- In so many words, but I'm sure, many a susceptible individual has had a
- psychotic break precipitated, some perhaps permant, most eventually
- remitted.
-
- St. Anthony
-
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