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Plants of the Gods: S3E5. Mushrooms, Magic, Medicine and Mortality: Paul Stamets in Conversation with Dr. Mark Plotkin
Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast
The Idea of Necessity Is the Mother of Invention
In the bavarian bure act of 15 16, they banned mushrooms in beer. And they were making meads mack them. So then you look at the cave art from northern argeria, the famous ticily cave art with the bee man as a bee figure, man or woman surmounted by mushrooms. Then three disparcultures os evidence clearly that honey is a preservative - who knew that? Lots of people know that. I believe it's the minorities within civilizations and societies that drive evolution. The outliers are thought to be on the fringe but they're not on the fringe. They're on the edge, the cosp of scientific advancement and breakthrough. It
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