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, a sprightly narrative about\u00a0a group of Harvard professors from the 1960s\/70s who experimented with hallucinogens by feeding them to students. Timothy Leary was the most famous. They got canned. <\/span> <\/p>\n\n One of them went off to India, came under the influence of a Hindu guru, changed his name to Ram Dass, and came back to the States, touring the country and giving lectures on spiritual enlightenment, doing good, supporting charitable causes. \u00a0Ram Dass is still alive. <\/p>\n
Now, the kicker: <\/p>\n
Ram Dass\u2019 birth name was Richard Alpert. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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