Scientists say they may have discovered origin of consciousness - and it's a theory popularized by Joe Rogan

Daily Mail ^ | July 24, 2024 | Nikki Main

[SunkenCiv]

Scientists have claimed that the consumption of the fungi psilocybin, also known as 'magic mushrooms,' influenced pre-human hominids' brains six million years ago.

They analyzed dozens of studies involving psilocybin and consciousness, finding the fungi increased connectivity between networks in the frontal brain region associated with expressive language, decision-making and memory.

These 'significant neurological and psychological effects' may have been the catalase ancient ancestors to interact with each other and the environment - spurring consciousness among our species.

The idea that magic mushrooms sparked the pivotal point in humans has been touted by podcaster Joe Rogan, who has referenced the 'Stoned Ape Theory' on his show multiple times.

The theory, proposed in 1992 by ethnobotanist Terence McKenna, suggested that the evolution from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens and the cognitive enhancement associated with this change caused by eating psilocybin mushrooms...

Researchers at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru sifted through studies dating back to 1998, finding psilocybin stimulated the central nervous system, leading to an increased sense of consciousness.

They also found information that suggested psilocybin connected the brain's frontal lobes, prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex millions of years ago.

These regions are responsible for decision-making, problem-solving and reasoning skills.

The fungi was also found to affect the hippocampus, part of the brain's limbic system that converts short-term memories to long-term ones and processes emotions including anxiety and avoidance behaviors.

[SunkenCiv]

Psilocybin - a property found in magic mushrooms - enhanced ancient humans' visual skills for hunting and gathering and may have used it to boost their sexual stimulation, leading to an increased chance of mating

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[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

[xoxox]

what passes for science in a post-Christian world.

[Democrat = party of treason]

Morons...

[Red Badger]

Joe Rogan?

Timothy Leary beat him by 60 years..................

[SunkenCiv]

https://scitechdaily.com/?s=psilocybin

https://search.brave.com/videos?q=rainy%20day%20women

[BenLurkin]

Godless fools.

[algore]

my ancestors loved mushrooms on their mastodon burgers

[Indy Pendance]

This is what happens when God removed. Everyone has a ‘spiritual hole’ that needs to be filled. With the removal of God, that hole is being filled with something else.

Romans 1:28-32 NIV

28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.

29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,

30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;

31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy.

32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

[cgbg]

Terence McKenna called it his “stoned ape” theory.

[TheConservator]

Consciousness evolved because of the benefits of having your thinking brain being able to assert control over your emotional brain.

[z3n]

The fungi was also found to affect the hippocampus, part of the brain’s limbic system that converts short-term memories to long-term ones and processes emotions including anxiety and avoidance behaviors.

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I’m not a neurologist but these parts of the brain are not uniquely human, and converting short term memories to long term memories is called learning, and almost all animals do it.

If you want to take magic mushrooms, then take magic mushrooms. You do you. But this just seems like more people who are reaching for things to validate their choices.

[RoosterRedux]

Terence McKenna ping (sort of)

[Indy Pendance]

Real Story Behind the Disappearance of Earth’s Largest Animals
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4253986/posts

[sipow]

And of course the first thing they want to fill that ‘spiritual hole’ with is drugs.

[bk1000]

Anything but the hand of almighty God.
Got it.

[COBOL2Java]

So, Eve gave Adam a magic mushroom and not an apple?

[lefty-lie-spy]

In my experience, this could possibly make sense, in moderation, over 10s of thousands of years.

[Red Badger]

Every human society has had some form of mind altering substance in its knowledge base. Typically alcohol.

Even South American Natives in the jungles of the upper Amazon, have a way of making an alcoholic beverage by chewing the insides of a certain palm tree and spitting it into a hollow log and letting it ferment.

Inuit ferment fish heads.....................