RhythmSpring said:
Sci-hub doesn't work on my computer because it's old.
Apparently that one is too recent to be available via Sci-hub (given the current situation). I've attached the article anyways.
Don't bother reading it, it will be entirely unconvincing to you. As I said, it is not the greatest study. There are so many criticisms you can raise, many of which would be interesting to look into. I am not going to spend time trying to understand ibotenic acid's pharmacokinetics and dosage scaling in rats with you while you argue in bad faith. Dosages do not scale like that. Look at pretty much any study with model organisms (e.g. caffeine in rats). Previous to this, you had already moved the goal posts up so that absolutely nothing currently available will be worth your consideration.
I view this situation as being similar to gramine in Phalaris. There are no good studies giving healthy young people gramine until they have brain damage, so it's effects are unclear (that is a disingenuous comparison, gramine is an interesting case, but...). Then it is demonstrated that it is easy for the average person to separate gramine from DMT. So maybe gramine is neurotoxic, maybe it isn't, so spending a little longer to remove it seems like the more relevant point. Hence the "red herrings" I've been raising. I wish I had known how to prepare the caps slightly differently in the past.
I don't accept good feelings as an argument against potential brain damage. And I'm sure even that is a controversial view, which I have absolutely no interest in defending.
RoundAbout said:
Maybe there is a safe dose given appropriate preparation.
This is one of the first things I said. I did not mean eliminating all the ibotenic acid. We all know the dose makes the poison (after considering ROA, individual variation, etc.).