After LSD was made illegal this guy was disgraced and became a laughing stock. He got so depressed that he invented doing ketamine in the sensory deprivation tank where he would repeatedly k hole to learn about the secrets of the universe.

Two dualing forces who's contradictions hold all of reality in balance. Solid State Intelligence, SSI, cold, robotic, still, from the vacuum of space they seek to integrate all material into their computer matrix. On the other side ECCO, the Earth Coincidence Control Office, who's psychic powers derive from the oceans and organic matter. They organize 'coincidences' that involve unwitting life forms in their plans to spread and preserve organic life

Direct line straight from giving LSD to dolphins to Ecco the Dolphin video games