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in writing pihkal and tihkal he earned the title.

smanuel 12y ago
Timothy Leary wrote "The Psychedelic Experience" in 1962. Aldous Huxley wrote "The Doors of Perception" in 1954. And I guess there are many other books on psychedelics which I haven't read. But still it's a chemist, who earned the title by writing a book about psychedelic chemical compounds and their effects, but which is not as... psychologically deep as other books (some of which have been written almost half a century ago) on psychedelics.
- Nursie 12y ago
  Sasha discovered whole families of psychedelics, and increased our knowledge of them exponentially (IMHO). He deserves the title. That said, my Goddaughter has two Godfathers, so why can't psychedelics? I would honour Albert Hofmann with the title as well.
  - smanuel 12y ago
    Completely forgot about Albert Hofmann. Yes, he absolutely deserves the title.
  - conformal 12y ago
    entirely untrue. do your homework. sasha almost exclusively synthesized compounds that were already in the academic literature. he reproduced others' work and gave minimal attribution.
    - Nursie 12y ago
      Please provide references.
      - conformal 12y ago
        even better, how about you name the compounds he "discovered" and demonstrate that they were not the subject of prior work. maybe i should write a book about a whole bunch of stuff other ppl did, not give proper attribution, then demand that people prove that i did not invent it.
        Nursie 12y ago
        If it's that well known that he just copied other's work, please provide some references. You're clearly the expert here, so why not use that superior brain of yours to share some information with us mere mortals?
        yebyen 12y ago
        One of the first things they teach you in high-school philosophy and reason is that it's exceedingly difficult to prove a negative. (Maybe it was a Jesuit school.) If you can prove that God does not exist to satisfy a crowd of people, then you are indeed a powerful philosophizer. But for me to show that God does exist, all I have to do is show you all God once. It should be much easier for me, right? So why don't you get off your armchair if you know so much and find the requisite one example to show, since you say that none of his work is original it should be easy.
goatforce5 12y ago
Pihkal is(/was?) banned in Australia. I knew some folks there in the late 90's that would order Pihkal and other banned books from the States (via Amazon.com, IIRC) and it would be a point of pride if your books slipped past customs and ended up on your doorstep.
- Nursie 12y ago
  I saw one of them (maybe Tihkal?) on sale in a shop in Melbourne recently, not that that means much.

Timothy Leary wrote "The Psychedelic Experience" in 1962. Aldous Huxley wrote "The Doors of Perception" in 1954. And I guess there are many other books on psychedelics which I haven't read. But still it's a chemist, who earned the title by writing a book about psychedelic chemical compounds and their effects, but which is not as... psychologically deep as other books (some of which have been written almost half a century ago) on psychedelics.

Nursie 12y ago
Sasha discovered whole families of psychedelics, and increased our knowledge of them exponentially (IMHO). He deserves the title. That said, my Goddaughter has two Godfathers, so why can't psychedelics? I would honour Albert Hofmann with the title as well.
- smanuel 12y ago
  Completely forgot about Albert Hofmann. Yes, he absolutely deserves the title.
- conformal 12y ago
  entirely untrue. do your homework. sasha almost exclusively synthesized compounds that were already in the academic literature. he reproduced others' work and gave minimal attribution.
  - Nursie 12y ago
    Please provide references.
    - conformal 12y ago
      even better, how about you name the compounds he "discovered" and demonstrate that they were not the subject of prior work. maybe i should write a book about a whole bunch of stuff other ppl did, not give proper attribution, then demand that people prove that i did not invent it.
      - Nursie 12y ago
        If it's that well known that he just copied other's work, please provide some references. You're clearly the expert here, so why not use that superior brain of yours to share some information with us mere mortals?
      - yebyen 12y ago
        One of the first things they teach you in high-school philosophy and reason is that it's exceedingly difficult to prove a negative. (Maybe it was a Jesuit school.) If you can prove that God does not exist to satisfy a crowd of people, then you are indeed a powerful philosophizer. But for me to show that God does exist, all I have to do is show you all God once. It should be much easier for me, right? So why don't you get off your armchair if you know so much and find the requisite one example to show, since you say that none of his work is original it should be easy.

goatforce5 12y ago

Pihkal is(/was?) banned in Australia. I knew some folks there in the late 90's that would order Pihkal and other banned books from the States (via Amazon.com, IIRC) and it would be a point of pride if your books slipped past customs and ended up on your doorstep.

Nursie 12y ago
I saw one of them (maybe Tihkal?) on sale in a shop in Melbourne recently, not that that means much.