Here’s a more detailed description for those that like to read up: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/nasa-spiders-drugs-experiment/

Curiously enough when a similar experiment was first performed decades earlier the original intent was to get the spiders to weave their webs during different times of the day, rather than alter the pattern.

  • Billiam
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    Here’s a short video talking about the results of this experiment, and how each spider reacted to the different drugs.

    • @Gordito
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      “building webs is fo suckas”

    • @shalafi
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      198 months ago

      I will never not watch that video.

    • @[email protected]
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      168 months ago

      “For more information on the crack spider’s bitch, contact the Canadian Wildlife Service in Ottawa”

    • @[email protected]
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      I only came in here to make sure this was posted. I don’t even have to click the link to know it’s the right video.

    • sab
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      Very educational, thanks for sharing!

    • @[email protected]B
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      48 months ago

      Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

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    • don
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      12 months ago

      I know what video is without even opening, lol

  • @CarbonatedPastaSauce
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    298 months ago

    I mean, I think they did great. If they did those tests on me it would just be four blank panels with a light coating of Dorito dust.

  • Jake Farm
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    218 months ago

    This says nothing about how the dosage was decided.

    • RBG
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      228 months ago

      Yeah, welcome to pre-2000 science. Things were a bit more basic then.

      • @phoneymouse
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        68 months ago

        Everyone must’ve got a lot smarter after 2000.

        • Sneezycat
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          58 months ago

          Yeah, our current scientific literature is known by the high quality and good methodology of the papers.

          • @[email protected]
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            58 months ago

            I’m sorry, my last knowledge update does not address this area. If you’re looking for specific medical advice, please consult a doctor.

  • @sramder
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    Apparently microdosing LSD was the only thing that improved web quality.

  • SanguinePar
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    Would have been interesting to see what happened with alcohol, ecstacy, cocaine, heroin, etc. The last one might have just been a blank square though.

    • @ccunning
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      198 months ago

      Good thing spiders aren’t insects then, I guess?

    • @[email protected]
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      Can be used as an insecticide.

      It can be a poison to humans too - the poison is in the portion, after all.

      • Jake Farm
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        38 months ago

        Even in minute amounts. It’s the whole reason plants started producing caffeine. But you have also run into the big flaw in this, what is the portion they are using?