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Terence McKenna's theory was that human intelligence stems from psilocybin-containing mushroom spores hitching a ride on asteroids. Then again, he also wrote a
by resolutebat 3y ago
Terence McKenna's theory was that human intelligence stems from psilocybin-containing mushroom spores hitching a ride on asteroids.
Then again, he also wrote a lot about the self-transforming machine elves he met while stoned out of his gourd on DMT.
- NoPicklez 3y agoI'd believe both of those things
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Terence McKenna's theory was that human intelligence stems from psilocybin-containing mushroom spores The Stoned ape theory "has largely been rejected by the scientific community, who cite numerous alleged discrepancies within his theory and claim that his conclusions were arrived at via a fundamental misunderstanding of Fischer's studies" on "psychedelic drugs, schizophrenia, the perception-hallucination continuum model of altered states of consciousness, and...gustation" [1][2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoned_ape_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoned_ape_theory [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_L._Fischer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_L._Fischer