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I know the parent comment was a bit tongue in cheek, but it reminds me of a theory about the origins of human intelligence that I heard in the documentary Fanta
by kaycebasques 5y ago
I know the parent comment was a bit tongue in cheek, but it reminds me of a theory about the origins of human intelligence that I heard in the documentary Fantastic Fungi. Long story short the theory is that our ancestors stumbled upon magic mushrooms and the psychedelic experience was a spark of new perspective, and then the one who discovered the mushrooms would take its tribe to other psychedelic mushrooms and have them try them so that they would all experience the perspective shift.
- bredren 5y agoTo bring this a little closer to this audience, readers may be interested in John Markoff’s book What the Doormouse Said, which draws a direct line between the use of psychedelics and the development of the personal computer.
- ryder9 5y agocrackpot hypothesis without any basis in reality, can't even call it a hypothesis since legitimate hypotheses have somewhat of a basis in reality the sort of stuff joe rogan would spew under the influence