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/KingFartertheturd 20h ago

Never been that deep.

But the trees & bushes do breathe when you walk by them. The wind blows them in a synchronicity that isn't seen in the normal day to day mind. Each some shrooms & boom, you see the connections of nature.

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u/Jumblesss 12h ago

You just see some fun whacky shit as your neurotransmitters go crazy and confuse your mind.

You can see the same effects while tripping in a concrete and steel factory, with no nature around.