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"Its also worth noting that often the experience of actually consuming these kinds of things, results in symptoms not that different from actual poisoning. Stom
by pmoriarty 5y ago
"Its also worth noting that often the experience of actually consuming these kinds of things, results in symptoms not that different from actual poisoning. Stomach cramps, nausea, the 'spins', double vision."
Those are the easier effects to explain. Much harder is why these compounds cure/treat depression or addiction, make people see infinite beauty or god, enhance their creativity, etc... Not much analogy to poison there.
- azeirah 5y agoI think that if I can make an animal who's trying to eat me hallucinate aliens on another plane, the animal kinda... totally forgets that it's trying to eat me. Psychedelics in that sense may be distracting poisons rather than harmful poisons
- sjg007 5y agoIt’s the opposite. The spores survive digestion and grow in the feces.
- RosanaAnaDana 5y agoMaybe cows enjoy the experience and they help spread the spores.