Re:Why Were Early Psychedelicists so Weird?
by tw1010 on Thursday February 15, 2018 @03:07PM
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You could ask the same question about all people from a long time ago. Why are William S. Burroughs or William F. Buckley so weird (in our modern eyes)? They're not really weird. They were perfectly normal in their historical context and environment. We are going to look weird to people in the future, unless they're wise enough to avoid dismissing our ideas just because they don't mesh well with their culture.
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Re:Why Were Early Psychedelicists so Weird?
by bobcostas55 on Thursday February 15, 2018 @03:09PM
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I'm pretty sure being a heroin addict and shooting your wife in the head was not "perfectly normal" even in the 50s.
Re:Why Were Early Psychedelicists so Weird?
by frlnBorg on Thursday February 15, 2018 @03:22PM
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Burroughs may have been semi-normal among the other beatniks, but he was far from a "perfectly normal" person.
Re:Why Were Early Psychedelicists so Weird?
by xkcd-sucks on Thursday February 15, 2018 @03:21PM
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Easy, they were authors. Authors are fucked