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The History of Creative Schmoozing
Many of the great discoveries in psychopharmacology came about by serendipity, for instance, when doctors noticed that a new tuberculosis drug lifted patients’ mood, and wondered whether it might be helpful as an antidepressant. Or when a researcher …