May 1 2008Albert Hofmann, Father Of LSD, Passed Away
Albert Hofmann, the father of LSD (that awesome stuff that makes the walls melt and/or talk to you), has died of a heart attack at age 102.
Albert Hofmann (January 11, 1906 - April 29, 2008) was a Swiss scientist best known for having been the first to synthesize, ingest and communicate the strong hallucinogenic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Hofmann authored more than 100 scientific articles and wrote a number of books, including LSD: My Problem Child. On January 11, 2006, Hofmann became a centenarian, and the occasion of his 100th birthday was the focus of an international symposium on LSD.
That's a picture of him there at age 100, looking healthy and zany as ever. Which proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that acid is, in fact, the fountain of youth.*
* This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. It has, however, been evaluated by me tripping balls and going to the rollerskating rink. Which was great -- I talked to my skates for over an hour. Good people.
Wikipedia
Thanks to Kathryn, who's a real trip to be around, for the tip
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Reader Comments
1. Kandemir Basmacioglu - May 1, 2008 3:31 PM
RIP
2. David - May 1, 2008 3:32 PM
RIP Albert Hofmann =(
3. Katsin - May 1, 2008 3:33 PM
I'm slamming 3 fat hits this Friday in this genius's honor. Maybe I'll be able to have a conversation with God and ask him how ol' Al is doing. May he rest in peace in that great acid trip in the sky.
4. Scott - May 1, 2008 3:34 PM
Maybe he's not dead at all and just on an LSD trip....Hmmm, makes you think.....
5. The Superficial Writer - May 1, 2008 3:38 PM
Now there's the look of a man who just saw Jesus totally stab a dragon with Aquaman's trident. He now knows that Cocoa Puffs are the solar system.
R.I.P. Albie "Holy shit your face is a lasagna!" Hoffman
6. SmokingGirl - May 1, 2008 4:06 PM
The rouse still isn't working Superficial/Geekologie/IWatchStuff guy. I can see right through it! And I can see right through my walls...wait, my cat is talking to me. What? You're really an alien...no, no, the plants, they're growing right before my eyes; and they're growing knives. AGH! A giant spider is trying to crawl into my body. Get it kitty, get it! No kitty, I don't want to take a Scientology test with Tom Cruise, now get the spider! No kitty, this is my pot pie...noooooo kitty.
R.I.P. LSD Man...you gave my father the best trips of his life during his stint at college. Thank you.
7. masterless - May 1, 2008 6:26 PM
^^^^ that was such a fake interpretation poser.
So this one time I was trippin balls and the posters in my room were making suggestions on how the artist felt while creating it because of the colors and brush strokes he used. I really need to drink some shiny water that we called "Crystal Princess" and animals dont talk to you but thier body language speaks volumes. Oh, and the patterns on your ceiling or carpet that dont exist sure swirl around into cloud type animals.
R.I.P Albert Hofmann had the Govt realized the potential of your psychosomatic potion it wouldnt have been criminalized and we would already have a renewable energy source powered by the ocean.
8. hojo - May 1, 2008 9:22 PM
Thanks for the good times Albert. I really enjoyed your work.
9. Danijel - May 2, 2008 9:40 AM
RIP Albert Hoffman
10. Ken - May 2, 2008 10:57 AM
He looks like he is staring into nothing, I think his brain is fried.
11. captainlaziness - May 4, 2008 2:32 AM
RIP Albert Hofmann.
We thank you for all of your contributions to mankind (not just LSD).
Let us hope that one day people will come to terms with "your problem child" and live with a greater understanding of what we call reality.
12. guate6 - May 4, 2008 4:00 AM
Great post
#11: nicely put
RIP Dr. Hofmann.
13. boredom - May 5, 2008 9:52 AM
R.I.P LSD man, because of you I can truthfully say I had sex for 8.5 hours straight with a girl who's head at one point dissapeared. The years of my life before drinking was legal wouldn't have been the same without you.
14. Sars - July 25, 2008 4:23 PM
You turned my friend into an orange, LSD man. He is still afraid he will be pealed.
15. cyborg - October 28, 2009 10:22 AM
thanks to your invention dr. A. Hofmann i had the worlds best laughs with my friends the longest short nap i will ever have. one of my friends asks ppl in the middle of summer if he can snowblow their grass for them and the other is in a mental institute and has to be in a strait jacket cuz he thinks hes a nacho cheese dorito and tries to eat himself... he chewed his lips off a couple of months ago and bit a chunk of his tongue off and almost bled to death its sad and funny at the same time but 90% sad and 10% funny hope god loves hydro cant wait to roll a fat one with him