Where would this come from, other than self-reporting? Plus the claims are typically not about 'efficiency', just that ideas people have had under the influence of LSD have inspired, in some part, their real subsequent work - from all sorts of art to code. There are piles of examples of this.
Don Hopkins a few years ago with a deep dive into Bill Atkinson, Hypercard, LSD and lots of other interesting stuff:
> Where would this come from, other than self-reporting?
Presumably all the same labs that already test cognition and creativity?
(I don't know which of the bajillion different meanings of "consciousness" is being used here, but my guess is that that it's one of the vaguer ones that nobody is testing).
>Where would this come from, other than self-reporting?
From competitive pressure in the creative industry? My work isn't good because I think it is. And if LSD did give access to a deeper, higher reality, you'd think LSD users would produce more impactful work.
Not every human experience is supposed to be based on performance, the moment you get away with performance as the utmost objective you will find some freedom.
LSD and other psychedelics give you insights, ways to see things without the noise of your ego always in front of it, and those experiences are valuable to oneself, not necessarily to be more productive, more creative, etc. Many artists used LSD, many other artists are teetotalers, each one has their own experiences to draw from to create their art, it's the sum of the self experience that creates impactful work.
You are looking at this as if life is some sort of competitive sport and people are only trying to gain an edge by taking mind-altering substances, that's not how life works nor a good way to approach those substances. You can't min-max life, as much as you try, that's the illusion of control living in your mind speaking.
LSD users have produced all sorts of impactful work? In general, mind-altering-substance-to-aid/inspire-creativity doesn't feel like some controversial statement that requires citations - we've got everything from shamanism, through the cliche of the drunk writer to Kubla Khan: or A Vision in a Dream, etc, etc. Why would it be different for LSD or be dependent on LSD providing "access to a deeper, higher reality"?
Where would this come from, other than self-reporting? Plus the claims are typically not about 'efficiency', just that ideas people have had under the influence of LSD have inspired, in some part, their real subsequent work - from all sorts of art to code. There are piles of examples of this.
Don Hopkins a few years ago with a deep dive into Bill Atkinson, Hypercard, LSD and lots of other interesting stuff:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21783040