All Things Digital’s Quote of the Day led me to this bit on Huffington Post. Seems that Albert Hoffmann, the inventor of LSD, wrote a little letter to Steve Jobs in 2007 asking for help.

Dear Mr. Steve Jobs,

Hello from Albert Hofmann. I understand from media accounts that you feel LSD helped you creatively in your development of Apple computers and your personal spiritual quest. I’m interested in learning more about how LSD was useful to you.

I’m writing now, shortly after my 101st birthday, to request that you support Swiss psychiatrist Dr. Peter Gasser’s proposed study of LSD-assisted psychotherapy in subjects with anxiety associated with life-threatening illness. This will become the first LSD-assisted psychotherapy study in over 35 years.

I hope you will help in the transformation of my problem child into a wonder child.

Sincerely,

A. Hofmann

HuffPo reports that after Jobs received the letter, he and Hofmann had a 30 minute conversation but that Jobs never donated any money to the cause.

Not that Jobs having tripped on acid is a huge surprise, but it does explain a lot though, doesn’t it?

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