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#469: Dr. Mark Plotkin on Ethnobotany, Real vs. Fake Shamans, Hallucinogens, and the Dalai Lamas of South America
The Tim Ferriss Show
The Influence of Indiana Jones on Tropical Research
The debate over whether academic researchers are like Indiana Jones has been ongoing in the academic community./nThe portrayal of Indiana Jones and other characters in movies contributed to the positive perception of tropical research./nThe character of Indiana Jones incorporated elements of shamanism./nThere is a misconception that shamans in the Amazon are limited to using hallucinogens./nThere is a great diversity of indigenous cultures in the Amazon, with only a minority being ayahuasca drinkers or cocachurs.
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