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From: greg@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Gregory Nowak)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,alt.flame
Subject: Re: on banning anything...
Keywords: twit
Message-ID: <2781@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 5 May 88 00:36:54 GMT
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In article <23872@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> jwl@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (James Wilbur Lewis) writes:

>Drug use, in fact, can increase productivity.  Those engaged in creative
>pursuits often find drug experiences to be a great source of inspiration.
>Robert Hunter and Ken Kesey immediately spring to mind.  How "productive" 
>are most people on this net before their first cup of coffee, which YOU 
>YOURSELF characterize as a dangerous drug which ought to be banned?
>"A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems."  -- 
>attributed to one P. Erdos, who is rumoured to have been a fine device for
>turning *amphetamines* into theorems.  

And he still is, as of last report. He once tried an "experiment"
where he gave up speed for several days. He felt fine, but he couldn't
get any work done. So he went back on speed.



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gatech!phoenix!greg	Gregory A Nowak/Phoenix Gang/Princeton NJ 08544
    "Take 2*3*5*7*11*13.  It's divisible by 59." --Matt Crawford