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 aDoS
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 Albert Hofmann died 
#8341426 - 04/29/08 10:22 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hoffmann died on April 29, 2008 in Basel. He was 102 years old.
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Edited by aDoS (04/29/08 04:41 PM)
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Apollyphelion
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: aDoS]
#8341429 - 04/29/08 10:24 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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R.I.P, oh great explorer!
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 DiabloSmurf
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: aDoS]
#8341432 - 04/29/08 10:26 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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RIP 
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I wonder if he had a last-blast?
Either way, I hope he rests in peace. I don't see how he couldn't, knowing how many minds he opened.
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man thats terrible
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spanky43
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may he still voyage on.
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it stars saddam
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: aDoS]
#8341441 - 04/29/08 10:27 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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What was the cause of death?
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slackophage
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: aDoS]
#8341443 - 04/29/08 10:28 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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That sucks. RIP St. Hofmann.
Shine on, good sir
Edited by slackophage (04/29/08 10:29 AM)
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Apollyphelion
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: aDoS]
#8341445 - 04/29/08 10:28 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Tripping too hard on LIFE!
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OneMoreRobot3021
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: aDoS]
#8341446 - 04/29/08 10:28 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Oh my. I am filled with a strange sort of sadness. Honestly, when I read this, my entire body started vibrating, from the top of my head down to the bottom of my feet. I'm not sad exactly. It's just death, and LSD has taught me so much about death.
So I'm not sad, but I am feeling a lot right now.
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Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake.
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Jeebies
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Quote:
What was the cause of death?
he was 102?
I think death is probably blissful.
Ever heard someone describe a stroke? (aka brain functions start to deteriorate)
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it stars saddam
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: Jeebies]
#8341455 - 04/29/08 10:30 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'm aware of how old he was.
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theorganicdomino
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I'm not a huge fan of LSD but his passing makes me sad.
Still, 102 is a good innings.
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Wow. I don't even know what to say. I bet wherever he is, he is still teaching...and learning.
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: CherryBom]
#8341462 - 04/29/08 10:31 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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do u have an article i cant find it anywhere
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: CherryBom]
#8341464 - 04/29/08 10:32 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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slackophage
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: Coaster]
#8341468 - 04/29/08 10:34 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Can't find it in the news yet, only thing I see is a post on reddit so far.
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aDoS
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: Coaster]
#8341469 - 04/29/08 10:34 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I haven't been able to find a news article about it yet. Thats why I posted it here instead of the news forum. News is too busy covering steroids in baseball and muslim terrorists to cover the story of Albert Hoffman.
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"If we could sniff or swallow something that would, for five or six hours each day, abolish our solitude as individuals, atone us with our fellows in a glowing exaltation of affection and make life in all its aspects seem not only worth living, but divinely beautiful and significant, and if this heavenly, world-transfiguring drug were of such a kind that we could wake up next morning with a clear head and an undamaged constitution - then, it seems to me, all our problems (and not merely the one small problem of discovering a novel pleasure) would be wholly solved and earth would become paradise." - Aldous Huxley
GIVE ME OPIATES OR GIVE ME DEATH
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slackophage
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: aDoS]
#8341473 - 04/29/08 10:37 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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OneMoreRobot3021
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Re: Albert Hoffman died [Re: slackophage]
#8341474 - 04/29/08 10:37 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Someone already edited his Wiki to reflect the date of death.
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Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake.
-Erik Davis
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