Well now I'm curious if this was the source of inspiration for Common Side Effects
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I want some.
Also, why haven’t any of the researches tried it? I’m curious if seeing little people is a cultural thing or an unique effect of the drug. I’m less surprised that there’s a psychedelic chemical out there that modern science has not studied yet.
Well the article mentions that people from outside of China (northern Philippines is given as an example) also report seeing the little people. Also they found historical texts from the 3rd century also mentioning the little people. So it does seem to be an effect of the mushrooms and not just a cultural thing.
There's a Belgian documentary about it, in comics form. It's called the Smurfs
Can you imagine the metric fuck ton of mushrooms gargamel must have been on?
Was he too poor to get some actual food? I suppose that science/magic equipment was costing him.
Yeah I read that but it could still be something that has been spread across Asian regions. I agree though, there’s likely something specific to the shroom.
there's also conditions that result in you seeing things as very small or large, so there are brain malfunctions or conditions not related to consumption of substances that cause similar effects, your brain can see people or human figures more often in visual stimulation in certain circumstances, so a mushroom causing you to see small people could mean it creates those conditions in brain function where you see human figures more and their size is distorted. this could be brain function and not a cultural response to intoxication.
I would guess the isn't cultural as the idea of "people, but small" isn't very specific. It's probably similar to the "machine elves" users of DMT often report
Yeah that’s what I’m thinking. Similar to the interconnectedness people experience with psilocybin.
They probably shouldn't try it to avoid introducing bias
seeing little people
Seems like a common side effect...
“Secret World of Arriety” Did Hayao hear of this?
This is fascinating. There is a type of bollete that has psillocybin too, the blue meanie, from central Europe.
Wait, the Blue Meanies aren’t just a Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” villain?
Blue meanies are the best
Common Side Effects.
Could be placebo?
I don't think you've tripped before lol
....this "article" is just 1 sentence?
A full article loaded for me, must be an issue on your end.
No, it's a full article.
No.
That’s….. pointless?
It's not a magic mushroom without the magic. It's a magic mushroom where science can't explain where the magic comes from.
Plot twist - It's not a hallucinogen, it just lets you see the little people who are always there!
Oh, so like these bitchin' sunglasses I found the other day?
I don't know what I was expecting, but it definitely wasn't Char and Amuro ~~swordfighting~~ kissing.
haha, I knew this would be here somewhere..
That's the concept behind the researchers who are sending folks into DMT trips with complex math problems, trying to see if the entities people encounter will return a correct answer, thus establishing first contact.
Machine Elfs: "wtf? Do your own homework!"
.... They actually got that approved? Fuck me, I couldn't even get my "impact of common coffee blends on researcher productivity" project past the IRB.
Pikmin truthers rejoice
Not that it can't explain, but that the typical suspects aren't here. It could very well just be a new kind of chemical that's not being tested for, because they don't know it exists yet.
Hospital report that people eating it say the same thing. No known psychedelic compound has been found.
It could be anything. They report this happens with undercooked mushrooms, might as well be a protein.
Now, finding what it is that causes the effect will be very difficult...
You'd have to isolate all compounds in there which are not been previously tested and test them separately. Even then you may find nothing as the effect may be produced by a specific combination of compounds which have no activity when isolated.
Basically: we know it happens but have no idea why.
Can't let an ounce of whimsy go uncrushed, can you?
Is there no whimsy in there potentially being a novel compound we've not yet discovered that causes it?
Where's your excitement about verging into a new unknown?
Someone was just trying to be poetic and then you pulled a "well actually"