pure genus

[SticMan55]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYhKK60c7G8&NR=1 Timothy Leary is a genus. Tune in, Tune out, Drop out

[Universal Mind]

Timothy Leary was a species.

[guitarboy]

Timothy Leary was a species. This.

[Lseadragon]

Timothy Leary was a species. Why the change to past tense?

[Indecent Exposure]

I'm not to sure about Leary. He seemed very interested in creating and preserving a personality cult, and advocated an almost mindless use of psychdelics in some ways. Obviously some of what he ahd to say can be viewed postively but I'm just not sure about his motives.

[dajo]

He didn't advocate mindless use of psychedelics. He stretches that point many times, he told people to think for themselves. Also the 'turn on, tune in, drop out'-phrase was meant differently than widely assumed - that it's just about 'dropping out with acid', when it meant turning on the mind, tuning in on information and experience and dropping out of previous thought patterns - however way it works for the individual. But he does point out that if one chooses to explore his mind with the help of psychedelics in the privacy of his own home, he should be able to. Especially in the time, when Timothy Leary was 'hot', there were many people, many academics, talking about a potential benefit of the psychedelics to the mind and possibly even society. I think it's unfair that he always gets singled out as the 'guy, who let LSD get out of hand' or 'the guy that excluded LSD from scientific research'. Personally I am sure that his motives were pure and I don't see much of a problem with the way he persued them. Also he was unbelievably demonized by the media. BTW.: many of his talks can be listened to via podcast here: http://www.matrixmasters.com/podcasts/ What's up with that youtube video though?

[Universal Mind]

Why the change to past tense? He kicked the bucket in 1996.