Aaron Traywick, a biohacker who once injected himself with an untested herpes therapy on a crusade to expand access to medications, was found dead on Sunday morning in Washington, DC, police confirmed to BuzzFeed News.
Traywick, 28, was found in a spa in Northwest DC, according to police. Staff discovered him in a sensory deprivation flotation tank, according to his colleague Tristan Roberts.
His body was taken for an autopsy, and his cause of death was not immediately known. Their investigation is still ongoing, but the police say they don't suspect foul play.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemlee/aaron-traywick-biohacker-died
Previously: "Biohacker" Injects DIY Herpes Vaccine in Front of Audience and Facebook Live (Aaron Traywick)
Biohacker Regrets Injecting Himself With Gene Therapy in Front of a Live Audience (Josiah Zayner reacting to Aaron Traywick)
(Score: 3, Insightful) by jimtheowl on Thursday May 03 2018, @05:57AM (7 children)
After all, the inventor reportedly used the tank for 10 years before trying it with LSD.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday May 03 2018, @06:02AM (6 children)
LSD was A BIT MORE POPULAR AND AVAILABLE in 1964 than 1954.
Like, come on.
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(Score: 2) by jimtheowl on Thursday May 03 2018, @06:59AM (5 children)
That was also the least relevant point.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday May 03 2018, @07:30AM (4 children)
I didn't offer "resisting" as a reason for the 10 year gap. I implied that the idea to take LSD in the tank didn't occur to him or he couldn't get a hold of LSD until '64. Orders of magnitude more people were interacting with the drug by the end of those 10 years.
There is no fallacy in the thread. I wouldn't need to mention drugs if he hadn't DIED in the tank. The association I've made is not simply between drugs and the tank, but drugs and dying in the tank. Of which there are known cases. And as it turns out, drug paraphernalia was reportedly found in his belongings at the spa where he died:
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/05/02/aaron-traywick-dc-spa-says-police-found-drug-paraphernalia/ [washingtonian.com]
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday May 03 2018, @04:36PM (2 children)
Ok, we get it. You believe that he died from doing drugs in his isolation tank. You have good reasons to believe that. We . get . it .
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by takyon on Thursday May 03 2018, @04:55PM (1 child)
I wouldn't need to explain it over and over if there wasn't so much complete ignorance displayed by other users in the thread. And I blame out-of-touch greybeards.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by bob_super on Thursday May 03 2018, @05:10PM
Having made your point quite convincingly, I'd like to invite you not to dwell on those who have their own reasons to doubt your hypothesis.
You might be right,
but don't sound obsessive,
for this is just schadenfreude news,
and the internet doesn't actually give a flying fuck.
(Score: 2) by jimtheowl on Thursday May 03 2018, @05:04PM
You make a fair point there, but keep in mind that the cited known cases are 1) injection with a horse tranquilizer and 2) sedating drugs + ... + alcohol.
I'm going to at least suggest that things likely went down differently in this case.