>There are negative side effects from consuming the mushrooms which you don't get from purified psilocybin. Such as? It tastes bad? Mild gastrointestinal effec

>There are negative side effects from consuming the mushrooms which you don't get from purified psilocybin. Such as? It tastes bad? Mild gastrointestinal effects (which can happen with various psychedelic substances even without ingesting the fungus scaffolding)? > suggesting superiority because something is "from nature" Obviously something being natural does not make it better. Neither does something synthetic mean it's superior. Additionally, this probably comes from marinol/dronabinol - while marijuana has one of the best safety profiles of any substances, extracted THC does not. Organic magic mushrooms have an exceptionally high (physical) safety profile (see Nutt et al, the Lancet 2007) whereas the same is not true for extracted psilocin. It's a bit ironic you're calling him out for fallacies while committing some yourself.