[kranner]

I didn't intend to come across as poking holes into Alpert's telling of the Karoli Baba/LSD story. If anything, Alpert told it seemingly without deliberate exaggeration.

It's the retelling of the story in this oversimplified version (as I've even heard Sam Harris tell in a podcast) of a Himalayan Yogi taking LSD with no effect that I wanted to highlight as incorrect, in the sense that it diverges significantly from Alpert's own account.

And yes, I also think he was a bit overly enthusiastic about Karoli Baba at the time. Don't we all act like that at many points in our lives?

[hos234]

Agree. I was just adding some context about these narratives. And I really have no issues with anything you have said.