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Key word in your story: 'arguably', 'supposedly', 'I think'. You're telling a story, that may well be completely fictional. Not a shred of evidence for the key assertions is offered.

I have found this to be typical of stories touting the awesomeness of LSD. It's inferring causation from the most likely (in the absence of any evidence, coincidence is most likely) incidental fact that LSD also happened around then.




"Key word in your story: 'arguably', 'supposedly', 'I think'. You're telling a story, that may well be completely fictional. Not a shred of evidence for the key assertions is offered."

The bit about the atomic bomb actually comes from this about 32 minutes in: http://www.matrixmasters.net/salon/?p=75

My understanding is that the relationship between LSD and the environmental movement and civil rights movement is discussed in Jay Stevens book Storming Heaven:

http://psypressuk.com/2010/06/09/literary-review-%E2%80%98st...

And possibly also in the book Acid Dreams. (Haven't read either, so I'm not sure.)

Anyway the link is obviously somewhat tenuous at this point, though as I said I do suspect we'll learn more in the future.




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