Self's Shortform

post by Self (CuriousMeta) · 2025-02-04T22:20:45.094Z · LW · GW · 4 comments

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comment by Self (CuriousMeta) · 2025-02-04T22:27:46.964Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
  • Kanna is a legal substance dubbed Nature's MDMA, likely working as an empathogen
  • Kanna seems to quite precisely increase my BigFive::Extraversion::Warmth (the Facet, 1/6 of E)
  • Subjectively this feels like suddenly all the people you see are "your friends", and like you could just walk up to them, strike up a conversation, and start bantering
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↑ comment by Joey KL (skluug) · 2025-02-05T00:56:28.436Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

You mean this substance? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesembrine

Do you have a recommended brand, or places to read more about it?

comment by Self (CuriousMeta) · 2025-02-04T22:20:45.087Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

  • DHEA centrally seems to increase my BigFive::Extraversion::Assertiveness (the Aspect, 1/2 of E)

    As a subset of that, it also seems to boost my executive functioning

    The execfunc boost is (as I later read) vaguely consistent with some ADHD research

    It also changes my cognition and motivation in ways I'm not fully comfortable with

     

    There's a subjective 15% chance the mindstate switch was instead placebo-induced

comment by Self (CuriousMeta) · 2025-02-04T22:31:30.327Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Compressing existing knowledge >> Acquiring new knowledge