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Trial and error?

• JohnMakin 2y ago
  Bingo. We only know which mushrooms that are tasty or give us a fun time because a lot of people died finding out.
  • jjtheblunt 2y ago
    There's also cheating : isn't coffee bean edibility observed from goats? essentially outsourced trial and error is a thing too.
    • GreenWatermelon 2y ago
      Which is exactly what we do with lab mice.
  • polishdude20 2y ago
    Not only that. A lot of mushrooms can be eaten in small doses but will cause things like stomach upset well before death. I'd bet we as a species would quickly test mushrooms this way without dieing.
  • RenThraysk 2y ago
    At some period in our evolution, it gave us pre-dispositions to certain tastes. Like our fondness for sweet & salty is universal.