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Based on reading the article it seems that the myth isn't that people were aware of the properties of these plants, but that they weren't in regular use by peop
by EA-3167 1y ago
Based on reading the article it seems that the myth isn't that people were aware of the properties of these plants, but that they weren't in regular use by people to for "healing" purposes. That's quite a different claim from sheer ignorance.
- delichon 1y agoIf rebutting an assertion that some ancient tribe may have used psychedelics to treat, say, PTSD, I wouldn't feel very convinced by an absence of evidence, but only by evidence of absence. E.g. if a particular plant's consumption should leave traces in bone, but didn't, and there are lots of bone samples.
- EA-3167 1y agoI don't know what to tell you, the assertion in the article comes down to, 'The stories told to tourists are inventions for the sake of tourists' and not, 'These plants were never used in history."