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...effect that Herbert C. Kelman advocates any restriction of academic freedom. Further, since I did not attend the meeting at which Dr. Kelman made his comments, it should be clear that my intention was not to take public issue with any of his specific arguments concerning the Psilocybin Program. My sole concern was for the unfortunate and regrettable public exposure of the proceedings of that meeting. Its organizers intended the meeting only for the staff and graduate students of the Center for Research in Personality and should have seen to it that the meeting did not receive public attention. Anthony...
First, my talk was not concerned with research on psilocybin or related drugs or with the effects of taking such drugs. Anyone who heard my talk knows, of course, that I am not against drug research or against the exploration of the new, the unknown, and the taboo. My talk was not concerned with that at all, but rather with graduate education in psychology and the effects of the Psilocybin Program on our graduate training...
Second, my talk was clearly and specifically addressed to the graduate students in the Department of Social Relations who had an interest in the Psilocybin Program, and not to a wider public. It is unfortunate that other people, including a representative from the CRIMSON, were present at this internal meeting. This was definitely contrary to the intentions of the organizers of the meeting. Herbert C. Kelman...
There is a factual misstatement which appeared in an article on Thursday, March 15, that I should like to correct. You stated "Alpert also asserted that the Food and Drug Administration. The University Health Services, and the synthesizer of psilocybin have approved the experiments." I did not say that and it is not true. None of these organization are set up to pass judgment on research. What I did say was (1) the Food and Drug Administration knows of our work and a discussion with them brought to light no illegality in our research activities, (2) the University Health Services...
...recent letter of Mr. Anthony Greenwald raises some issues which require comment. It is difficult to access the validity of his objections to the views of Dr. Kelman, as he apparently did not attend the meeting and states that he is not associated with the psilocybin activities. However, he has touched upon several important matters relating to academic freedom, ethics and responsibility. The misconceptions which he has created warrant some analysis...