I repeatedly clarify the definition.

Have any luck finding peer reviewed papers with erowid references. ?

Maybe it’s cause it’s not a scientific resource.

That’s literally what I said

Because erowid does not meet the definition of a resource.

Again.

Links to resources is not itself a scientific resource.

I defined for you multiple times what “scientific resource” means.

Unlike erowid, maps actually conducted scientific research.

That’s why they are listed as a resource.

Even Wikipedia has people review the material.

Erowid does not.

You are uninformed about what science is. You refuse to acknowledge my definition. You know literally nothing about my research capabilities. Maybe I’m terrible at research but you wouldnt know one way or the other.

Which makes your opinion uninformed and therefore irrelevant.

Erowid are opinions of people who use recreational drugs. It’s not written by scientist. Or researchers. And research can be misunderstood by lay people.

As I said. Some of the information may be accurate. Doesn’t matter. It’s still not a scientific resource.

I, as a scientist, would not tell people to use lemmy or reddit to learn about neuroscience. I definitely wouldn’t advise using erowid for the same reasons.

Citing a resource does not make the text a resource.

I still think that what he is doing does have some power and effect.

If for no other reason than to highlight the problems with the rest of the dnc and help us identify those who need replaced.

His stance also validated our feelings. We aren’t taking crazy pills. There is a problem. It’s real. Even if the rest of the dnc is pretending like it’s not that bad, Al has sided with us and said “yeah it’s real fking serious”.

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What exactly is your point ?

First you say I’m not a “real” researcher because I didn’t give erowid as a resource.

I said it’s not scientific. You say “uh yeah it is”. I explain why it’s not and what “scientific” means because a lot of people are actually mis informed on this. And I didn’t want to argue semantics.

And then you say. That .

Are you also incapable of following your own arguments ?

What IS your argument then ?

Your links were irrelevant to your argument that erowid is a scientific resource.

It’s not.

The definition of a scientific resource is a RESOURCE with scientific observations and reporting that is peer reviewed or has some official review process like a university website with scholars writing the information that is verified by other scholars.

It’s the review process by people who are authorities on the topic that make that distinction. Scholars. Other scientist.

A comment on social media and anecdotal websites hosting forums is not a scientific resource. It’s opinions.

As I said earlier. Something doesn’t have to be scientifically validated to be true or real.

But it does have to be science to be science.

More specifically, experiments must use the scientific method and specific research statistic computations to support hypotheses which then are used to create theories.

Erowid does not have a review process where a senior scientist reviews any of the things posted on it.

Neither does Lemmy or faceb9ok,

Why is review so important?

Because humans are biased and our own subjective interpretation of patterns and events is not objective.

Just to illustrate some of the ways our thinking and interpretation of events is flawed, see cognitive biases on wikipedia.

And there are way more than these. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases

And have a look at memory errors while you are at it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_error

Oh and the best one. Bias blind sight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_blind_spot

None of us, and I mean literally no one, is immune from these problems. Not me. Not you.

It’s why the only way we know anything for sure is through scientific methods of investigation. And even those aren’t full proof against bias.

I’m sorry that you don’t like the very basic explanation I gave of the properties of a drug you like. Some how that’s offensive to you.

I don’t know what to tell you.

I did get a few minor facts mixed up and i corrected them in the text. I Left in the original text and I crossed it out so that people could see I made a mistake and fixed it. Nothing I said was a huge big mistake about the drug. I misquoted the size of the tabs (10mm vs 5mm) and I was mistaken about it being neutralized in the stomach.

My gawd. Lock me up and send me a $500 fine. Jesus.

Maybe reflect on why it’s so important to you that your narrative of what the drug is, is being attacked from simple facts about how it works.

Why do you care how it works ? Why are you so invested in this? Why does it make you angry when someone explains the drug from a scientific perspective ?

If you don’t want to hear the scientific perspective then just ignore it.

It’s what a lot of people do.

Started with ender 3 v3. Constant tinkering

Got a bambu A1 year later. Won’t go back to anything creality makes ever.

A1 just works.

Replacement parts are similar prices as generic parts for the ender.

So I don’t care if it’s all proprietary. It all works. And you don’t need to deconstruct it to get it to work.

My buddy says that other countries like China and the EU countries are threatening to cash out those u.s bonds and other Treasury securities they have.

And that’s why trump keeps talking about the interest rates. He ain’t talking about peoples credit card interest rates. Hes talking about those Treasury securities rates.

And anyway. If the EU or china decides to cash those out. It will probably bankrupt the u.s.

I’m not very knowledgeable about this topic. I’m just passing on what my buddy told me. It sounded plausible.

Al Green is probably the only one doing anything. Day 1 he was up there fighting for us.

Well literally anything can be addictive. People are addicted to gambling, to buying things online. To buying action figures or labubus.

But because lsd does not cause euphoria effects, it’s not typically considered chemically addictive. But there is not a complete consensus on this in the scientific community. Because it can still be behaviorally addictive. But as I said. Literally anything can be behaviorally addictive so that’s almost a moot point.

I specifically said I wasn’t sure about that story and asked if anyone else was familiar with it. I only gave two possible supports for an alternative explanation. However I also later checked and clarified the specifics of stomach neutralization in an additional comment.

What would you call the structure of the lsd molecule that deposits on the paper?

It is refered to as a crystalaline structure in papers.

Nothing I said about long term storage contradicts the specifics of the things that do break it down.

Erowid is not a scientific resource.

Just because some people refer to scientific articles in their explanations does not mean, it, itself, is a scientific resource.

For instance. What I posted in the comments is not a scientific resource.

Even if I used links to actual resources. The resources are. But my comment is not.

Because it is not verified or peer reviewed.

Opinions, even those founded on science, are not scientific resources unless they meet other standards.

I meant 15 % of the total. So only 3% knew what annex meant and still wanted it. Sorry I should have clarified better

Erowid is personal opinions of drug users.

I don’t lecture about how much acid you should drop or how to prepare for a trip. I give a lecture on the cognitive and physiological changes the drug causes.

I use scientific resources.

Other people are welcome to use personal stories and opinions to inform themselves but we don’t use anecdotes in academia because none of them can be verified and are heavily subjective.

Doesn’t mean they don’t have value. Doesn’t mean the information is false.

It just means it’s not scientific.

After re checking this information, I believe I was confusing DMT and LSD properties of not being active when ingested.

I remembered DMT can’t be ingested but I was sure it was true for LSD. But I was mistaken. LSD is neutralized by base not acids.

Probably 15% of those don’t know what annex means

There is no reason community colleges shouldn’t offer bachelor’s.

The professors all have masters or PhDs and have the same qualifications as teaching at universities.

My associates, from a community college was 1/3 of the cost of my bachelor’s that I received at a “cheap” local state University .

Make college cheaper. Do it do it do it