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Cannabis suggests we evolved with it, see Endocannabinoid system or whatever it is called. However, I do believe it is random. Magic mushrooms have been around
by bugtodiffer 2y ago
Cannabis suggests we evolved with it, see Endocannabinoid system or whatever it is called. However, I do believe it is random. Magic mushrooms have been around for longer than we have, so it's probably just chance that they make us trip (which enabled lots of mental healing power).
- Kirth 2y agoI'm sorry but that sounds like "wet pavements cause rain" to me. The naming need not be causative in that direction. I'm not disagreeing with that we did indeed evolve with them.. Grug smoke plant. Plant make strong, heal. Grug stomp stupid weeds and make more space for plant. etc
- jeltz 2y agoIsn't it much more likely that cannabinoids are poisonous to insect larvae?
- morkalork 2y agoInteresting because nicotine in tobacco evolved to ward off insects as well and that's why there's so many pesticides made from related chemicals: neonicotinoids.
- CuriouslyC 2y agoMushrooms have been around longer than we have, but that doesn't mean they've been making psilocybin that long.
- ethanol-brain 2y agoJust because we have receptors that have affinity for molecules that we call cannabinoids doesn't mean much in terms of evolution related to plants. There is a wide range of molecules that have a shape that bind to the wide range of receptors that are a part of what we call the endocannabinoid system.