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  • Francis Cricks discovery of DNA helix while on LSD

    From the page: "Francis Crick, the Nobel Prize-winning father of modern genetics, was under the influence of LSD when he first deduced the double-helix structure of DNA nearly 50 years ago." Interesting....

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  • Rated by e271828 on Oct 04, 8:26am

    He said it was LSD, not the Eagle's warm beer, that helped him to unravel the structure of DNA, the discovery that won him the Nobel Prize. No, I'm pretty sure it was the research data that he swiped from Rosalind Franklin.

  • Rated by jamminn on Sep 28, 2:24pm

    not surprised at all, loads concerning spirals n double helix in the cosmic trigger :) excellent book(s)

  • Reviewed by thestripedone on Aug 31, 12:25pm

    Interesting, but kind of a shoddily written article.

  • Rated by FarmerMaggot on Jun 05, 6:25pm

    The tendrils of Aldous Huxley's influence seem to be everywhere. Though I suppose it's appropriate, in a sense, that his advocacy of entheogens (allegedly) spurred Crick's discovery, as Aldous's grandfather was Thomas Henry Huxley, Darwin's "bulldog" in debates on evolution with Samuel Wilberforce, and Aldous's brother, Julian, was a leader in the modern evolutionary synthesis. Aldous was even a good friend of drug-guru Tim Leary, whom the article also mentions. There's a lot more. James Burke could write an episode of Connections with this stuff.

  • Rated by millsfilms on Apr 29 2009, 5:32pm

    From the page: "'They have a philosophy,' Harker told me at the time. 'They believe industrial society will collapse when the oil runs out and that the answer is to change people's mindsets using acid. They believe LSD can help people to see that a return to a natural society based on self-sufficiency is the only way to save themselves."

  • Reviewed by JenDiggityDirt on Apr 07 2009, 6:15pm

    Nobel Prize genius Crick was high on LSD when he discovered DNA...someone claims.