>There is a part of me that loves these stories about serendipitous discoveries. The discovery of LSD is a fascinating example of this. Hofmann experienced so

>There is a part of me that loves these stories about serendipitous discoveries. The discovery of LSD is a fascinating example of this. Hofmann experienced some sort of altered state of consciousness after first synthesising it. The interesting thing is that it lasted about two hours, which means he could not possibly have accidentally ingested some. He then reports he has a "peculiar presentiment" that there's something special about it, so decides to deliberately take a dose. The rest is history.