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randome

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94. Sorry, I did no such thing. Society was put into its current incarnation without my input.

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 07:12 PM

Mar 2014

[hr][font color="blue"][center]You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game. -Existenz[/center][/font][hr]

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10 famous geniuses and their drugs of choice [View all] xchrom Mar 2014 OP

LSD was quite popular among them. LuvNewcastle Mar 2014 #1

That's Robin William's line, too much money.... Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #3

One's first acid trip is a rocket ride straight to the "God-Head." another_liberal Mar 2014 #5

It's magical. It's amazing the places your mind can go. LuvNewcastle Mar 2014 #8

So tell us what 'hidden knowledge' you accessed. Why keep it to yourself? randome Mar 2014 #10

It's personal and spiritual knowledge about my relation to the Cosmos, LuvNewcastle Mar 2014 #12

LOL! Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #58

+1, n/t RKP5637 Mar 2014 #76

If you have to ask . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #25

You might be surprised at what I can understand. randome Mar 2014 #27

Granted that. another_liberal Mar 2014 #30

I learned to forgive Schema Thing Mar 2014 #31

Other than the 'forgive' part, doesn't it bother you that none of those things are true? randome Mar 2014 #35

Why should that bother me? Schema Thing Mar 2014 #39

Yeah, I guess I was conflating LSD with 'all' drugs. Bad on me. randome Mar 2014 #41

Sounds are colors . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #47

There is a reason for that. Mojo Electro Mar 2014 #55

Yes, a kind of magic does seem to be at work. another_liberal Mar 2014 #26

Everything is magic. bemildred Mar 2014 #42

"Magic" means different things to different people. another_liberal Mar 2014 #45

I like Clarke's definition. bemildred Mar 2014 #64

That was not my experience. yardwork Mar 2014 #14

That was bad acid. I haven't done it in a while, but when I do, I get it from LuvNewcastle Mar 2014 #18

Entirely possible. This was a very long time ago. yardwork Mar 2014 #21

That was very weak LSD . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #19

My Experience RobinA Mar 2014 #97

DMT is the rocker ride Bonobo Mar 2014 #44

I'll have to take your word for it . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #46

DMT is a 12 hour acid trip in 45 minutes. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #84

Ha ha , never did peyote but that is true of shrooms for sure. Bonobo Mar 2014 #86

Drank a wad of 'shrooms in OJ (to hold down the stink)... Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #90

The unstated implication is that.... Helen Borg Mar 2014 #2

I think it's more like genius is not incompatible with using drugs. bemildred Mar 2014 #6

Chocolate cream pie is not bad for everyone. Should we encourage it? randome Mar 2014 #9

Maybe we should just butt out of such questions? bemildred Mar 2014 #11

I have no problem whatsoever with expanding treatment centers. randome Mar 2014 #17

Not everyone requires any treatment at all. There are plentiful laws to deal with a person TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #29

I hear you but by the time someone is 'breaking the peace', it often is too late. randome Mar 2014 #32

as opposed to massive amounts of dead bodies and ruined lives. Schema Thing Mar 2014 #40

What do you think we have now? Mariana Mar 2014 #49

My daughters are too smart to use drugs. randome Mar 2014 #51

When I was a teen Mariana Mar 2014 #54

I'm sure that's different depending on city, region, school district, etc. randome Mar 2014 #60

Keeping them illegal also kills people. Mariana Mar 2014 #67

The proactive path has piled up tons of dead bodies and ruined lives while turning TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #91

Sorry, I did no such thing. Society was put into its current incarnation without my input. randome Mar 2014 #94

do you know this from personal experience? hobbit709 Mar 2014 #85

No, I don't know from personal experience. randome Mar 2014 #87

there are two kinds of people who pray the loudest in church. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #88

Yet there is that list that cannot be refuted. randome Mar 2014 #89

Right. And the idea that one must take drugs to be creative causes a lot of damage. yardwork Mar 2014 #16

Yeah, that's stupid. Drink destroyed a lot of people, still does. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #23

Would the world be a better place Mariana Mar 2014 #52

Francis Crick, who envisioned the structure of DNA RainDog Mar 2014 #77

But it doesn't matter what Francis Crick thought Helen Borg Mar 2014 #83

It matters more what he thinks RainDog Mar 2014 #93

I Imagine you could find a list of famous killers and their favorite drugs, too. 7962 Mar 2014 #4

Liquor is responsible for a lot of violence. And meth. Cocaine too. bemildred Mar 2014 #7

interesting... paleotn Mar 2014 #13

Yes. Genius at marketing is what both of those were. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #15

And Jobs wasn't such a 'genius' when it came time to deal with his illness, was he? randome Mar 2014 #22

What is that supposed to mean? 1000words Mar 2014 #74

He deliberately opted for substitute procedures that didn't make sense. randome Mar 2014 #79

Genius or not, it shows he was human. 1000words Mar 2014 #81

"Genius" RobinA Mar 2014 #98

K&R DeSwiss Mar 2014 #20

That about sums it up. LuvNewcastle Mar 2014 #28

Never saw it put in these exact words.. excellent! mountain grammy Mar 2014 #37

That is the best description Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #61

Sherlock homes used cocaine regularly if you read the original mucifer Mar 2014 #23

I thought it was opium? Or was it both? nt stevenleser Mar 2014 #34

Cocaine. The "7% solution". bemildred Mar 2014 #36

He used morphine, too. Mariana Mar 2014 #50

He tried it. Opiates are not attractive to healthy nerds, they make you stupid. Stimulants can be. bemildred Mar 2014 #53

Opiates have the opposite effect on me Mariana Mar 2014 #59

I've seen that with Tramadol, used for pain and cough, really surprised me. bemildred Mar 2014 #62

Holmes is fictional, of course, but in the books he uses cocaine regularly Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #56

well, it only goes to show the benefit of doing the drugs stupidicus Mar 2014 #33

Sagan was a wimp! malthaussen Mar 2014 #38

presumably he started taking it after the suggested nuking the Moon MisterP Mar 2014 #70

It looks like I didn't use enough LSD back in the early 70s LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #43

Yummy...A Delicious Topic To Accompany My Morning Eggs and Ham.... bkanderson76 Mar 2014 #48

Carl Sagan's essay on marijuana is brilliant. PoliticalPothead Mar 2014 #57

Great essay! Thanks for posting it. nt SalviaBlue Mar 2014 #68

And here is a much more extensive list of famous people destroyed by drugs. randome Mar 2014 #63

I quickly scanned the list. Maybe too quick because I missed all the LSD and retread Mar 2014 #72

Eh. Push comes to shove, I can accept LSD and marijuana. randome Mar 2014 #73

I saw 6 references to LSD and 2 each for marijuana, ketamine, and cocaine and 1 for amphetamine. retread Mar 2014 #92

Therapists have used LSD to help the dying RainDog Mar 2014 #95

Bush enid602 Mar 2014 #65

I think his problems might extend from a micro-meteorite piercing his brain. randome Mar 2014 #66

I should get a drug of choice. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #69

But wait! The Midway Rebel Mar 2014 #71

Two Notable Women Excluded RainDog Mar 2014 #75

Edgar Allen Poe Aerows Mar 2014 #78

What--no chocolate? Demeter Mar 2014 #80

William S. Burroughs - Heroin kentauros Mar 2014 #82

Samuel Taylor Coleridge---opium and "Kubla Khan." WinkyDink Mar 2014 #96