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Comment by f1shy

5 hours ago

He was on drugs. Right?

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JKCalhoun  4 hours ago

I assumed opium.

But I think if you are in the throes of a problem, pondering it constantly, day and night—it is in these times that an insight will make its way to your consciousness (drugs or otherwise).

  • jballanc  3 hours ago

    In graduate school he had a reputation for being the best at synthesizing LSD.

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