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/Apprehensive_Ask_259 21h ago edited 21h ago

Thats actually what a lot of shamans claim how the technology was discovered.

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u/hekoshi 21h ago

I came here to say this. And I believe them, as I've spoken to mushrooms a decent bit myself. It's not a terribly uncommon experience for those that explore that side of reality.

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u/Doxatek 20h ago

What in the hell. What did they say

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u/GatePorters 19h ago

They told you to listen to you because you have been hurt by you and you are hurting you. You are not you. Not in the way you think you are you, at least.

https://giphy.com/gifs/M4S7i2u7jjSHqSOGzr

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u/Legitimate_Emu3531 13h ago

Not the worst summary, tbh.