# How to Secretly Communicate With People on LSD  ## Metadata - Author: [[Qualia Computing]] - Full Title: How to Secretly Communicate With People on LSD - Category: #articles - URL: https://qualiacomputing.com/2015/05/22/how-to-secretly-communicate-with-people-on-lsd/ ## Highlights - What if we could communicate with people who are high on LSD in such a way that sober people can’t understand?* I call this idea *psychedelic cryptography* (PsyCrypto for short). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gqzc0vzk599t79c4ej5w7z89)) - The approach shown above is only one of a plethora of ways of communicating with people on psychedelics ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gqzc2hty8gr8a8x9hx1xkdtm)) - But impairment is not the whole story. It is obvious to anyone who has researched the matter that psychedelics have some peculiar mind-enhancing properties ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gqzcsvy5k5qgn6q0ncvf637h)) - Likewise, [it is now clear](http://www.nature.com/news/lsd-helps-to-treat-alcoholism-1.10200) that the self-insight concerning difficult emotional subjects can be radically amplified during therapeutic psychedelic sessions. How and why this happens is still a rather difficult mystery. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gqzd5dzvd1jntwjhttpmmhzg))