Albert Hofmann, requiescat in pace ...

[Joe Allonby]

The "problem" as far as Hoffman was concerned was that his discovery was
used for illicit and recreational purposes by everyone from the CIA to the
hippies and Timothy Leary. What he saw as a beneficial substance was instead
blamed for many ills through its misuse.

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 5:40 AM, braam van bruggen <
braam.vanbruggen at bigpond.com> wrote:

> so far as i can see, the only problems that ever arose were
> about ego-loss. people got frightened when they saw that they did'nt
> exist independently, could'nt see that they were part of a larger
> matrix...
> all part of natural selection really..
>
> braam
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Bailey" <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> To: "Pynchon Liste" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 6:22 PM
> Subject: Re: Albert Hofmann, requiescat in pace ...
>
>
>
> Page wrote:
> >
> > > What's the "problem"? Did I miss something?
> > >
> > >
> > I read _LSD, My Problem Child_ a few years ago.
> > It was quite good.  If you like that sort of thing...non-technical
> > memoirs of a scientist...(personally I love them)
> >
> > I think that he didn't have any problem with the drug itself,
> > but with its indiscriminate popularization...
> > maybe not even with that, but with legal and even epidemiological
> > problems stemming from broadcast advocacy
> > regardless of whether it'd be appropriate for an individual...
> >
> > RIP indeed - invent a new drug, live 102 years - a body could do
> > worse...
> >
> >
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