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Title: LSD Discoverer Dead at 102
Post by: iago on May 01, 2008, 12:18:27 PM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/30/lsd_discoverer/

QuoteSwiss chemist Albert Hofmann, who in 1943 accidentally discovered the hallucinogenic effects of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), has died at the age of 102, Reuters reports.

Hoffman passed away at his home in Basel on 29 April as a result of a heart attack, according to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.

Obviously it was the drugs that killed him!
Title: Re: LSD Discoverer Dead at 102
Post by: abc on May 01, 2008, 03:30:47 PM
Quote from: iago on May 01, 2008, 12:18:27 PM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/30/lsd_discoverer/

QuoteSwiss chemist Albert Hofmann, who in 1943 accidentally discovered the hallucinogenic effects of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), has died at the age of 102, Reuters reports.

Hoffman passed away at his home in Basel on 29 April as a result of a heart attack, according to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.

Obviously it was the drugs that killed him!


Or made him live 'till 102!
Title: Re: LSD Discoverer Dead at 102
Post by: Blaze on May 01, 2008, 04:02:46 PM
Quote from: Dale on May 01, 2008, 03:30:47 PM
Quote from: iago on May 01, 2008, 12:18:27 PM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/30/lsd_discoverer/

QuoteSwiss chemist Albert Hofmann, who in 1943 accidentally discovered the hallucinogenic effects of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), has died at the age of 102, Reuters reports.

Hoffman passed away at his home in Basel on 29 April as a result of a heart attack, according to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.

Obviously it was the drugs that killed him!


Or made him live 'till 102!

That was the joke.  :)
Title: Re: LSD Discoverer Dead at 102
Post by: leet_muffin on May 01, 2008, 06:21:50 PM
I salute him.
Title: Re: LSD Discoverer Dead at 102
Post by: Ender on May 01, 2008, 06:38:25 PM
Quote from: leet_muffin on May 01, 2008, 06:21:50 PM
I salute him.

I accept your praise.
Title: Re: LSD Discoverer Dead at 102
Post by: Joe on May 01, 2008, 10:29:30 PM
Quote from: Ender on May 01, 2008, 06:38:25 PM
Quote from: leet_muffin on May 01, 2008, 06:21:50 PM
I salute him.

I accept your praise.

If he was praising someone dead, and you're the one he's praising..

Well, I guess we can delete Ender's account now.
Title: Re: LSD Discoverer Dead at 102
Post by: Ender on May 01, 2008, 10:31:36 PM
Quote from: Joe on May 01, 2008, 10:29:30 PM
Quote from: Ender on May 01, 2008, 06:38:25 PM
Quote from: leet_muffin on May 01, 2008, 06:21:50 PM
I salute him.

I accept your praise.

If he was praising someone dead, and you're the one he's praising..

Well, I guess we can delete Ender's account now.

joe left the forums. who is this talking?
Title: Re: LSD Discoverer Dead at 102
Post by: trust on May 02, 2008, 12:04:07 AM
Out of curiosity, does anyone know if he actually used LSD regularly?
Title: Re: LSD Discoverer Dead at 102
Post by: Towelie on May 02, 2008, 12:38:13 AM
Quote from: Trust on May 02, 2008, 12:04:07 AM
Out of curiosity, does anyone know if he actually used LSD regularly?
I don't think anyone does it regularly lol
Title: Re: LSD Discoverer Dead at 102
Post by: leet_muffin on May 02, 2008, 12:46:59 AM
Quote from: Trust on May 02, 2008, 12:04:07 AM
Out of curiosity, does anyone know if he actually used LSD regularly?

He was very much opposed to the use of it on a recreational level, as he was aiming to create an aid to psychiatry.

Quote from: Towelie on May 02, 2008, 12:38:13 AM
I don't think anyone does it regularly lol

Regularly could be yearly. A lot of people do it regularly, and some religiously.
Title: Re: LSD Discoverer Dead at 102
Post by: iago on May 02, 2008, 08:06:59 AM
Quote from: leet_muffin on May 02, 2008, 12:46:59 AM
Quote from: Trust on May 02, 2008, 12:04:07 AM
Out of curiosity, does anyone know if he actually used LSD regularly?

He was very much opposed to the use of it on a recreational level, as he was aiming to create an aid to psychiatry.

Yeah, that's exactly right. He only used it for the purposes of science, not recreation, so I doubt he used it often.