I think it's hard to understand a public discourse from that long ago. From here, most of it seems like cliche contest, but that's because the debates became cl

I think it's hard to understand a public discourse from that long ago. From here, most of it seems like cliche contest, but that's because the debates became cliched in the proceeding decades. In many sense, Huxley pioneered it. In any case, I think it is unquestionable that the mid century psychedelic renaissance was impactful. It's not possible to prove that ideas in music, art, philosophy and such could not have come into existence without lsd, mescaline or whatnot. But, enough people like Huxley credit psychedelics that I'm strongly prone to agree. The world would have been different without psychedelics, perhaps even without Doors of Perception.