I heard a story once about a research chemist who decided to synthesise LSD for his own use, miscalculated and gave himself a massive overdose-it didn’t kill hi

I heard a story once about a research chemist who decided to synthesise LSD for his own use, miscalculated and gave himself a massive overdose-it didn’t kill him, but it rendered him non compos mentis for an extended period. Even domain experts can make dumb mistakes, especially when you separate them from formalised quality control systems aimed at catching those mistakes before anyone is harmed.