Death of a Biohacker

[jcfrei]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/style/biohacker-death-aaron-traywick.html

[weavie]

Taking ketamine in a sensory deprivation tank really doesn't sound like a sensible idea to me.

[MichaelAO → weavie]

You're probably aware of John C. Lilly, if not worth reading some of his work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Lilly#Exploration_of_h...

[weavie → MichaelAO]

I wasn't! So he's the guy that developed the sensory deprivation tank, and then started using them to take psychedelics in. Thanks for mentioning it, I never realised there was a link.

[dekhn → weavie]

and that's not even including the part about talking with dolphins

[craftyguy]

> She thought it likely that he had taken the drug, lost consciousness in the tank and drowned.

Why no autopsy?

[callesgg]

The article reads more like the death of a lying, scheming drug addict.

[John_KZ → callesgg]

Most of the few biohackers I've come across are mentally ill or otherwise reckless and dangerous. I hate being against open knowledge-building, but a world where real viruses are build, modified and transmitted in a similar way to computer viruses is a world I don't want to live in.

[dang → callesgg]

Even if so, please don't post unsubstantive or ranty comments here.