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codeflo ◴[] No.36210706[source]
All the people in this thread who decoded it used long exposure or faster playback. Using the latter, for me, it starts to become readable at 2.5x and is essentially a clear static image at 4x. (I had to download the video and play it back using VLC.)

Which for me, makes this claim a bit absurd:

> At a theoretical level, this confirmation is significant because it is the first clear demonstration of a real perceptual computational advantage of psychedelic states of consciousness.

LSD fans might hate this conclusion, but there's no "computational advantage" to having a 2.5x to 4x slower processing speed, which his the only thing actually being shown here.

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1. jcims ◴[] No.36211178[source]
It's opening up a perceptual time domain that is not available in a sober state. That's not 'slower processing speed'.
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2. red75prime ◴[] No.36212189[source]
I quickly looked up research and, yeah, while LSD does impair many cognitive functions, reaction time seems to be unaffected.
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3. Retric ◴[] No.36212965[source]
It’s presumably extending persistence of vision not slowing reaction time. Seems easy enough to test with revolving wheel/stroboscopic discs.

Which if true, sounds like an artifact from less processing power to me.