No, the discovery is interesting and hopefully something extremely useful will come from it.

I am suggesting that people should be extremely skeptical of people who give dimensionally incorrect units.

Person A: On average Fords have a faster top speed than Chevys.
Person B: What is the average top speed of a Ford?
Person A: 175.5 square miles
Person B: Uhh square miles does not match the dimensions of speed.
Person A: "Is this just an attempt to discredit a scientific discovery?"
Person B: This conversation is over.


Oh, btw: This conversation is over.

This post was edited by Azrad on Feb 9 2013 10:37am

next time i'll just post the article without getting all unscientific and shit

K

wait what's wrong with measuring it in milligrams?

Because this drug's effects are extremely sensitive to body mass. I think it is inappropriate to give dosages of a prescription drug on this forum. And just plain dangerous to give inaccurate dosages.

This post was edited by Azrad on Feb 11 2013 02:09pm

...your shrink will be telling that story at professional conferences for the rest of his life . ( without using your name of course )

oh sure. I guess your analogy just threw me

Oh well, these types of drugs are generally prescribed/administered in (amount of drug)/(mass of subject), or sometimes (amount of drug)/[(mass of subject)(time period)] . If you do it by (amount of drug) you might end up with what you call a 'low dosage' that will have little or no effect on a large person, or kill a small person.

This post was edited by Azrad on Feb 11 2013 03:33pm

yes I know

so, to reference my experiences - i should disclose my weight. i see your point. 140lbs...but, again, they did not reference what a 'low dose' is and my experience with the drug leads me to believe that a 'low dose' would have similar effects to marijuana and not necessarily a full blown psychadelic trip or complete disassociation

But I still don't understand why would it be a bad thing to take a prescribed dose of ketamine that got you high for a couple hours every week or two in order to treat depression so long as the patient isn't taking the dose at work or before driving a car.