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That is a HIGHLY dabatable statement.
Not saying it is necessarily wrong, just in question.
From what I have read, and what seems to be something of a consensus among headshrinkers who have been interviewed, is that Syd most likely had bipolar or schizophrenic tendencies and the massive amounts of psychedelic drugs he was ingesting merely accelerated the symptoms. Sounds reasonable. The fact is nobody really knows. I don't think he ever went in for real treatment and he never speaks publicly.
