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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (1578018)12/17/2025 6:36:02 PM
From: Maple MAGA   Read Replies (1) of 1583252
 
“Yet you can't point to an example.“

Not my fault you never say anything, just question things with no follow up.

Like doubting the veracity of my post on Bill Gate’s LSD use and then going completely silent.

“When did Gates talk about LSD?”
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2025 Memoir: Source Code: My Beginnings More recently (2025), in his memoir Source Code, Gates reportedly gave a more candid recounting: that in fact he did try LSD several times, during high school and college. The Independent+2People.com+2

Some of the memoir’s details (as reported) include:
  • His first LSD experience was on a “senior sneak-day” in high school; he said: “I decided to see what it was all about.” People.com+2mint+2

  • He described one of the trips as “exhilarating,” but since he had a scheduled dental surgery the next morning, the lingering effects made it a disconcerting experience. People.com+1

  • He claims he took LSD “four or five times in total,” with the last time when he was “like 21.” mint+2People.com+2

  • He says he gave it up because he values a working, sharp mind, and he felt psychedelics made thinking “sloppy.” The Independent+2mint+2
He also recounts an anecdote, in conversation with Steve Jobs, that Jobs once suggested Gates should try LSD to improve his creative/design sensibility; Gates quipped in response that he got “the coding batch,” while Jobs got “the marketing-design batch.” The Independent+
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