I'm not sure what to say about this. Obviously, he was a man who made a contribution to the world, and he seems to have been a swell guy. It's nice that he lived such a long, happy life.
It's too bad that he had to spend so much of his time and energy dealing with the controversy over his invention. To some extent, it was his own fault for promoting and defending his "baby". He couldn't just say, "Take it or leave it." But what else was he supposed to do? The problem with an invention like that is, once you've invented it, nobody seems to hear about the rest of your work. It's like what Jimmy Page said about the success of his song
Stairway to Heaven: "How would YOU like to spend the rest of your career trying to top that?"
By the way, if you think LSD is so cool, what about hallucinogenic mushrooms (which are chemically related) and Ecstasy (which was intended to be used as an aid during psychotherapy sessions)? Frankly, I've never had any faith in the potential of mind-altering drugs like the former; but mood-altering drugs like the latter seem more promising. That's just my own uninformed opinion, of course, and it would be nice to hear an informed opinion for a change.
