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http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/29/albert-hoffman-rip.html
UPDATE: News of Hofmann's death may have been greatly exaggerated. Awaiting confirmation now.
wtf!?
I still found no authoritative confirmation of this.
Damnit i have to go back to work now. i guess i will check NYtimes and other news sources there.
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 Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: Ferris]
#8342078 - 04/29/08 01:19 PM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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I still can't find anything about it, and something this big would have been in the news by now. Unless the governments know that his death would bring a lot of attention to psychedelics. They wouldn't want that now would they.
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: Evan]
#8342091 - 04/29/08 01:23 PM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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Quote:
Evan said:
http://reddit.com/info/6hj6e/comments/
Garbage. This thread should be officially over.
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Quote:
FurrowedBrow said:
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/29/albert-hoffman-rip.html
UPDATE: News of Hofmann's death may have been greatly exaggerated. Awaiting confirmation now.
wtf!?
I still found no authoritative confirmation of this.
Damnit i have to go back to work now. i guess i will check NYtimes and other news sources there.
take this dumb shit down. Let Albert Hoffman just ride his bike in peace. 
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: 0xYg3n]
#8342112 - 04/29/08 01:32 PM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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Because BoingBoing says so, you beleive he's still alive. I need more authoritative evidence EITHER way
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: Ferris]
#8342132 - 04/29/08 01:39 PM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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It does seem odd that this story hasn't broken anywhere yet (apparently)... all we have is a blog testimonial?
Albert Hofmann was a great scientist. Not only did he make significant contributions to the psychedelic field, but he also had a very articulate sense of their inherent value.
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hrmmmmm is this true? If so REST IN PEACE... great man 
Hopefully he is still alive, I will wait to see more information on this.
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Ferris
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Google news has a nice alert function I didn't know about, which I just set to email me if anything pops up under the term "Albert Hofmann," so I should know the second something pops up there 
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: Ferris]
#8342152 - 04/29/08 01:45 PM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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Quote:
Ferris said:
Because BoingBoing says so, you beleive he's still alive. I need more authoritative evidence EITHER way
go fetch a bone and go read the news updates, buddah.
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Quote:
OneMoreRobot3021 said:
Hofmann's death could actually end up being one of the best things that happens to the psychedelic drug scene/movement since the creation of LSD 60+ years ago. Society has a way of fully processing someone's contributions after they die in a way that they couldn't while the person was still alive.
If Hofmann has indeed died we are going to see big articles about him, and about psychedelic research, in all the big mags - TIME, Scientific American, Discovery...people are going to be all over this.
I am excited to be alive when I am.
that and i have an odd feeling if he did in fact die, there will be a major amount of production like we saw last spring/summer/fall in celebration of his life/death
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: Ferris]
#8342158 - 04/29/08 01:47 PM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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BTW, you got the spelling of his name wrong in the thread title.
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: Ferris]
#8342160 - 04/29/08 01:48 PM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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Erowid lists his death as April 29 2008 @ 102yrs old so I'm inclined to believe it.
http://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/hofmann_albert/
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Ferris
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The original rumorer said he died last night.
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damn, i saw that too. Albert hofmann is a survivor!
/cries
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: Ferris]
#8342178 - 04/29/08 01:58 PM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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Quote:
Ferris said:
The original rumorer said he died last night.
Yeah, but last night in Europe was still the 29th. Right?
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I'll try to wrap my mind around that one as soon as I get a hold of some acid
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Damn Erowid. Sometimes they're wrong, too.
I guess i'll go on wondering because of them. Otherwise, I wouldn't see any other reason to view this as hoax material.
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: 0xYg3n]
#8342209 - 04/29/08 02:10 PM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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His page on wikipedia has been locked and theres no DOD on the page.
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: 0xYg3n]
#8342212 - 04/29/08 02:10 PM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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It certainly doesn't seem like hoax material... the man was very old. He lived a full life. But I'd like to think that a person of his magnitude would recieve a commemoration by the media, even if his problem child isn't so well-liked by everyone.
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: Chemy]
#8342216 - 04/29/08 02:13 PM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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Quote:
Chemy said:
His page on wikipedia has been locked and theres no DOD on the page.
It's just "semi-protected" meaning you have to have had a registered account for a set period of time to edit.
"have to have had"... damn english
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