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rip tim leary

• rpearl 11y ago
  Dr. Leary's extreme approaches set psychedelic research back many years and we are just now beginning to make forward progress again.
  • qnaal 11y ago
    > extreme science is bad > it's leary's fault psychedelic research became stunted could you elaborate?
    • rpearl 11y ago
      Sure. Here's a pretty good summary: http://www.wired.com/2013/04/psychedlic/ http://www.wired.com/2013/04/psychedlic/ Basically, Leary grew to prominence but his scientific methods were often faulty and he turned to mysticism. He became a cultural advocate, not a scientific one. But his ties to psychedelic research it a bad name and made it much more difficult for people to get their hands on these drugs for the purposes of actual research. Eventually, mostly due to backlash against Leary, these substances were prohibited from research use for several decades. It was only in the late 90s that we began to pick up the pieces.
      • qnaal 11y ago
        I don't like the idea of blaming the unconventional methods of a successful and moral scientist for government backlash against the area of his study.