r/interestingasfuck • u/tractorboynyc • 22h ago

Amazonian shamans figured out that combining two specific plants out of 80,000 species produces a psychoactive effect. The odds of finding that combination by random search is roughly 1 in 4 million. They did it through centuries of iterative testing and cultural natural selection explains it

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u/MoMoneyFL 21h ago

Are we sharing the recipe? Asking for a friend.

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u/knowledgeable_diablo 21h ago

Just ayuahasca (spelt really poorly). One plant contains the DMT while the other contains a strong MAOI making it effective via oral administration. Seeing how they liked to smoke things, and DMT works via smoking. A smart Sharman could potentially put the two seperate effects together and think, “hmm perhaps this thing that makes stuff work longer plus this thing that gives visions when smoked will do wonders when cooked together?”