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seeing little people
Seems like a common side effect…
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.
I recall reading that the effects could last for up to a week with cases often requiring hospitalization. Not much fun I imagine.
They probably shouldn’t try it to avoid introducing bias
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.
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
Well now I’m curious if this was the source of inspiration for Common Side Effects
Could be placebo?
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.
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.
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
swordfightingkissing.truly a .gif from beyond the time
Dum dudun dan dadam~
Badada dam dada da da~
You belong to me~
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
