Smart Pop Classics: Melange

In the Smart Pop Classics series, we share greatest hits from our throwback essay collections.  This week in “Melange” from The Science of Dune , Carol Hart, Ph.D., explores some of the consequences of mind-expanding substances like melange, as well as their unintended side-effects.

Long ago and far away, I went to an experimental college in Florida, where the experimenting was not just with teaching methods and grading systems but with mind-altering drugs. Alcohol use was frowned upon. So bourgeo...