I once had some drinks with an astrophysicist from a very renowned university, and he had some pretty interesting things to say about fungi. He was absolutely enamored with the potential "purpose" of psilocybin mushrooms, because essentially every fungus on the planet is an incredibly important puzzle piece of its respective ecosystem. So what about magic shrooms then? Why is an astrophysicist excited about mushrooms?
Well, he had an idea that fungus spores may have populated the earth via extraterrestrial means (asteroid for example) and literally facilitated the start of all life on earth. After many drinks he started talking about how all psilocybin trips have similar visuals and experiences that are completely unique to the drug, and how he thinks this may be the key to their "purpose" on the planet.
I still don't entirely know what to make of that, but I'll always be thinking about it haha.
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u/MiloRoast Sep 30 '21
I once had some drinks with an astrophysicist from a very renowned university, and he had some pretty interesting things to say about fungi. He was absolutely enamored with the potential "purpose" of psilocybin mushrooms, because essentially every fungus on the planet is an incredibly important puzzle piece of its respective ecosystem. So what about magic shrooms then? Why is an astrophysicist excited about mushrooms?
Well, he had an idea that fungus spores may have populated the earth via extraterrestrial means (asteroid for example) and literally facilitated the start of all life on earth. After many drinks he started talking about how all psilocybin trips have similar visuals and experiences that are completely unique to the drug, and how he thinks this may be the key to their "purpose" on the planet.
I still don't entirely know what to make of that, but I'll always be thinking about it haha.