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Louann Miller asked this question about The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark:
At one point Sagan recounts the story about a nuclear physicist who was psychoanalyzed (this was the 1950's) because he spent so much time living in a fantasy of a future world. The scientist is given the alias Kirk Allen. I have to ask, is there any indication this was Jack Parsons?
willaful Here's the wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Allen

There are several theoretical possibilities but Jack Parsons isn't mentioned as on…moreHere's the wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Allen

There are several theoretical possibilities but Jack Parsons isn't mentioned as one of them. (less)
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