Comments on: Drawing While on LSD. http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/ The Neat Side of the Web Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:15:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: soldatoj57 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-37350 soldatoj57 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:34:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-37350 totally ridiculous...the best part is the running commentary anyone who knows knows better lol totally ridiculous…the best part is the running commentary

anyone who knows knows better lol

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-37257 Alex Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:53:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-37257 What I wonder is why he was given 2 doses ... What I wonder is why he was given 2 doses …

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-37187 ted Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:47:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-37187 The test tells us less about the artist's impression of the world while on LSD, and more about his ability to control his activity and motor skills while tripping. It does have an air of the urban legend around it, but you never know. They could just as easily test a race-car driver's ability to do laps. This just provides a visual effect. The test tells us less about the artist’s impression of the world while on LSD, and more about his ability to control his activity and motor skills while tripping.

It does have an air of the urban legend around it, but you never know.

They could just as easily test a race-car driver’s ability to do laps. This just provides a visual effect.

]]> By: The Liberal Avenger http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-37040 The Liberal Avenger Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:17:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-37040 Point well taken. The idea that someone who is "an artist" is given LSD and a sketch pad and encouraged to draw is different from simply a "participant" being given LSD and asked to draw. What would the output of the non-artist tell us about the LSD experience? Point well taken.

The idea that someone who is “an artist” is given LSD and a sketch pad and encouraged to draw is different from simply a “participant” being given LSD and asked to draw.

What would the output of the non-artist tell us about the LSD experience?

]]> By: sam http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-37032 sam Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:03:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-37032 your probably just overthinking it. The government does experiments with drugs all the time. going from normal, tripping, and back to normal should always happen to people that take lsd. your probably just overthinking it. The government does experiments with drugs all the time. going from normal, tripping, and back to normal should always happen to people that take lsd.

]]> By: The Liberal Avenger http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-36996 The Liberal Avenger Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:59:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-36996 I have serious doubts as to whether or not this experiment actually took place at all as described. It's not that LSD isn't capable of manifesting itself visually as it appears here, it's the perfect narrative that the pictures depict. Subject is normal, subject is given LSD, things start to get crazy, things REALLY start to get crazy! things start to get normal again. Things are all normal again. 8 hours start to finish. While LSD most certainly CAN work just that way, it more likely than not doesn't. My guess is that the actual story behind the pictures is more complicated - perhaps the same subject being drawn by different people on different amounts of LSD... Perhaps drawn by the same person during different sessions of taking LSD. I have serious doubts as to whether or not this experiment actually took place at all as described.

It’s not that LSD isn’t capable of manifesting itself visually as it appears here, it’s the perfect narrative that the pictures depict.

Subject is normal, subject is given LSD, things start to get crazy, things REALLY start to get crazy! things start to get normal again. Things are all normal again. 8 hours start to finish.

While LSD most certainly CAN work just that way, it more likely than not doesn’t. My guess is that the actual story behind the pictures is more complicated - perhaps the same subject being drawn by different people on different amounts of LSD… Perhaps drawn by the same person during different sessions of taking LSD.

]]> By: Chapu http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-36958 Chapu Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:14:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-36958 2:45 and 4:45, he actually makes something good and interesting. I think this artist should continue his LSD trials. 2:45 and 4:45, he actually makes something good and interesting. I think this artist should continue his LSD trials.

]]> By: dwee http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-36917 dwee Mon, 18 Sep 2006 08:22:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/09/18/drawing-while-on-lsd/#comment-36917 Hmm... there's no indication that the test was double-blind. In fact, it's quite clear that both the artist and the experimenter knew that the substance was LSD and not a placebo-- perhaps some of the results could have been caused by the placebo effect. Still interesting, though. Hmm… there’s no indication that the test was double-blind. In fact, it’s quite clear that both the artist and the experimenter knew that the substance was LSD and not a placebo– perhaps some of the results could have been caused by the placebo effect. Still interesting, though.

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