I always found this fact fascinating. It’s completely possible that fungi came here from somewhere else in the universe. It’s especially weird, the way psilocybin seems to communicate with us in a way when ingested. Psilocybin converts to psilocin in our stomachs, and psilocin is extremely close in structure to DMT. Fungus is likely to have come from another place, yet it seems to interact with is in such a natural way.
We have evidence of humans using psilocybin mushrooms dating back to before civilization existed. I wonder in what way they affected our progress and growth as a species.
Do you know Terrence McKenna? He has the idea, that primates ate psilocybin-rich shrooms which enhanced their evolution.
I can totally understand his thinking.
One good shroom or LSD trip and you can achieve thougts which would come up years later or never.
This stuff helped me a lot with dealing with depression and generelly getting to know my subconcious better :)
fossilesque@mander.xyz 10 months ago
It’s a theory.
cbc.ca/…/fungi-are-responsible-for-life-on-land-a…
In reality, life on earth is more like an engine borne of physics. Fungi is just another cog, a major one, but just a part of a greater whole.
mander.xyz/post/989747
plague_sapiens@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Interesting thing about fungi spores, they can survive in space. So maybe the aliens been here all the time already…
TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I always found this fact fascinating. It’s completely possible that fungi came here from somewhere else in the universe. It’s especially weird, the way psilocybin seems to communicate with us in a way when ingested. Psilocybin converts to psilocin in our stomachs, and psilocin is extremely close in structure to DMT. Fungus is likely to have come from another place, yet it seems to interact with is in such a natural way.
We have evidence of humans using psilocybin mushrooms dating back to before civilization existed. I wonder in what way they affected our progress and growth as a species.
plague_sapiens@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Do you know Terrence McKenna? He has the idea, that primates ate psilocybin-rich shrooms which enhanced their evolution. I can totally understand his thinking. One good shroom or LSD trip and you can achieve thougts which would come up years later or never. This stuff helped me a lot with dealing with depression and generelly getting to know my subconcious better :)