That was pretty awesome.

What's surprising is Sagan was the squarest if all he did was marijuana.

What's says it all about Apple hipsters is what Jobs said about Gates versus the reality.

What's failing is that any list with Feynman must have Feynman at #1, and this one doesn't.

That's right, kids - just look at the list, 8 out of 10 of these "visionaries" are dead now. Do you want to be dead?

And Freud was into cocaine.

Which is why most crack heads become world famous psychologists.

Also a visionary:

Weaver95: mauricecano: I'm going to balance those 10 v. the millions that take it and are not visionaries. Doesn't take an acid trip to know it doesn't balance out.

if there was a drug that had a 50/50 chance of either killing you horribly OR turning you into a super powered godlike genius...would you outlaw it or let people decide for themselves if they could take it or not?

I'd outlaw it because I'd worry about eloi/morlocks or cloud dwellers/troglytes or Khaannnnnnn!

sno man: You know that that sort of outcome is more likely to occur with imbalance in nutrition and health care and education right?

Yes, but that wasn't asked. What was asked, was, "what if there was this drug that would do this..."

(and if you asked me if I supported great nutrition, health care, and education for everyone, I would say, damn right.)

PC LOAD LETTER: You didn't experiment with drugs

I was into full blown research.

Fun fact: Marilyn Monroe only dated guys who could score her a lid.

Weaver95: mauricecano: I'm going to balance those 10 v. the millions that take it and are not visionaries. Doesn't take an acid trip to know it doesn't balance out.

if there was a drug that had a 50/50 chance of either killing you horribly OR turning you into a super powered godlike genius...would you outlaw it or let people decide for themselves if they could take it or not?

Evil genius or benevolent genius?

dudemanbro: "Perceived" it is putting it pretty mildly, I'd say

I find it a quite succinct word for describing a three dimensional, full color, rotating, pulsating, talking, working, reproducing model of a DNA molecule.

But that's just my experience.

Are you experienced?

I'm glad they included Mullis, I was sure they'd skip him, seen him not mentioned in similar lists, was pleasantly surprised to see him.

DRTA: Was Tycho Brahe on the list?

vudukungfu: dudemanbro: "Perceived" it is putting it pretty mildly, I'd say

I find it a quite succinct word for describing a three dimensional, full color, rotating, pulsating, talking, working, reproducing model of a DNA molecule.

But that's just my experience.

Are you experienced?

Not necessarily beautiful, but mutated

Pot & Shrooms when I was 20


/does this mean I'm a genius??

Alan Turing didn't do drugs -- he did men.

So if you want to be a genius, either do LSD or be gay.

Ed Finnerty: [www.thecitrusreport.com image 294x231]

/Obligatory

Awww, Nate Dogg.

/lol

RoyBatty: sno man: You know that that sort of outcome is more likely to occur with imbalance in nutrition and health care and education right?

Yes, but that wasn't asked. What was asked, was, "what if there was this drug that would do this..."

(and if you asked me if I supported great nutrition, health care, and education for everyone, I would say, damn right.)

Whatever dude.

video man: I also must point out the greatest musician of the 20th Century did try PCP once.

He also did little boys. Your point?

I don't think I have it in me to do LSD anymore (ok... I KNOW I don't). Anybody else try it again in their mid 30's and realize that it ain't the same kick from their 20's?

I personally think that it's just all of the added responsibilities that you have piled on you later in life. Not exactly working from a "clean slate" at this stage.

Gave me a sad :(

No Albert Hoffman? He's the very definition of experimenting with drugs.


Steve Jobs - LSD

Tr0mBoNe:

Stephen Hawking has just been really, really body stoned for the past 40 years.

I'm sooooooooooo stoned ^

RexTalionis: I don't know if you can really equate the cocaine of back the late [sic] 19th and early 20th centuries with modern cocaine, though. The stuff from back then is probably more akin to drinking an energy drink more so than the pure, refined stuff you get nowadays.



People love to hear themselves talk. Even if they have NFC what they're talking about.



_{(Registered March 1885)}

/it's a chemical f*cking process that separates the actual cocaine molecules from the rest of the coca plant mash and suspends it in alcohol; the alcohol is then reduced (evaporated) until the drug is all that's left
//SCIENCE!
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cocaine molecule
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(NOT COCAINE) see source url
/you don't get pure cocaine 'nowadays' because every dealer down the line stomps it with baking soda, flour, ground white paint chips...
.Ulysses S Grant was 'addicted' to cocaine to ease the throat cancer he got from habitual cigar smoking

Experiment does not equal constant user nor addict. Plus, all these guys were super type A's. For every billionaire pot user there's 1,000 potheads living in their Mom's basement.

I had not heard of Feynman.

Cool stuff. Thank you.

WhyteRaven74: I'm glad they included Mullis, I was sure they'd skip him, seen him not mentioned in similar lists, was pleasantly surprised to see him.

There's a lot of mythology about Mullis in the biotech community, most of which is likely hyperbole, but I'd like to think the following two stories are true (but likely not):

1. The idea of using a DNA oligo pairs to allow DNA replication came to him while he was balls-deep in his girlfriend.
2. While at UC Berkley he would systematically sample lab chemicals to assess their potential "recreational" uses.