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Bingo. We only know which mushrooms that are tasty or give us a fun time because a lot of people died finding out.
by JohnMakin 3y 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 3y agoThere's also cheating : isn't coffee bean edibility observed from goats? essentially outsourced trial and error is a thing too.
- GreenWatermelon 3y agoWhich is exactly what we do with lab mice.
- polishdude20 3y agoNot 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 3y agoAt some period in our evolution, it gave us pre-dispositions to certain tastes. Like our fondness for sweet & salty is universal.