Quote Originally Posted by Dante Alighieri
So true, it just boils down to one thing - People, and not necessarily drug users, but people in general, don't seem to like Intellectuals, if you look at History, you'll see it's littered with examples of persecution of intellectuals because people were either scared of jealous of them. The Soviet Union is one example, but anti-intellectualism is also very prevelant in modern day America as well, except it's done in a more trivial but effective way. People don't openly persecute intellectuals, they are just (with the help of pop culture) reduced to the status of 'geeks' and 'nerds'. This is why I blame the era of the 60's partly, and the music associated with it up until this point; because the 60's was the birth of fame associated with modern telecommunications, the whole world with the benefit of television, radio and now a host of other devices can see what pop culture dictates the ideal person to be like. He or she is not the scientist, or the historian, or the philosopher, but the rock star, the socialite and the film star.

You seem a little confused. Your saying that in the 60s ā??He or she is not the scientist, or the historian, or the philosopher, but the rock starā?, yet you ignore that these lines didnā??t dissipate only cross.

In the sixties (and beyond to some point) rock stars became philosophers (John Lennon is actually a pretty good example of this) they also became historians, look at all the blues and root rocks influenced players (Clapton, The Band, Flying Burrito Brothers) and ancient Indian music influences (George Harrison, Brian Jones).

At the same time scientists started to become rock stars. More and more people knew James Watson and Francis Crick (who BTW tripped LSD a fair amount), Albert Einstein etc...