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.

[Ozymandias Ghost]

The squirrels in my backyard eat mushrooms all the time ...they do seem to “trip out” and frequently exhibit wild, erratic, squirrel gymnastics after the aforementioned indulgences.. Can I expect them to start organizing and demanding squirrel reparations soon?

[I want the USA back]

These “scientists” are smoking mushrooms. What absolute nonsense!

[Jim W N]

origin of consciousness

6000 years ago when Adam and Eve ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, their eyes were opened, and knew they were naked. Before they ate of the tree, they were naked but were not ashamed (Genesis 2:25-3:11).

[TigersEye]

twa corbies

I thought that perhaps that was a typo but looked it up.

Shame on me, a Scott’s descendant, for not knowing the poem or that corbies is the Scott’s name for ravens.

Thanks! :)

[ifinnegan]

“ what passes for science in a post-Christian world.”

Yes. This certainly isn’t science, but vast swaths of the public think it is.

And too many in academia pretend it is.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

That, too.

[SunkenCiv]

Heh... I know it from various versions of the song. :^)

[ifinnegan]

“ I’m not a neurologist …”

Neither are the proponents of this nonsense.

“…but these parts of the brain are not uniquely human”

Yes. And even in non-mammals drugs affect the consciousness of the organism. Spiders spinning weird webs is a classic example.

[mmichaels1970]

Apparently Ravens eat magic mushrooms.

Until they have one bad trip. Then nevermore.

[ifinnegan]

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

Yes, that’s the type of thing some of these cultist believe. Also things like the original Eucharist was a magic mushroom.

[dragonblustar]

It’s a trap! They want everyone hooked on drugs so it’s easier to take over the country!!!!

[ifinnegan]

“ It’s quite doubtful that higher vertebrates such as birds and mammals do not have consciousness.”

But they are conscious. Put a noxious chemical in their water and they will be conscious of it and swim away to avoid it.

[Ezekiel]

The morel is the The Point of the story, so it is time to redeem the magic mushrooms, to spring 'em from jail.

Anybody with me? Let's Roll (Wheels of Love):

the fungi increased connectivity between networks in the frontal brain region associated with expressive language, decision-making and memory.

Down to earth translation:

Just like Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer, the fun guy *always* gets there first:

🍄 🍄

Kilroy was here is a meme[1] that became popular during World War II, typically seen in graffiti. Its origin is debated, but the phrase and the distinctive accompanying doodle became associated with GIs in the 1940s: a bald-headed man (sometimes depicted as having a few hairs) with a prominent nose peeking over a wall with his fingers clutching the wall.

Kilroy was Here

Kilroy was famous for magically appearing in sealed compartments or other surprise places where nobody should have been able to access. Yet...there he was..

Engraving of Kilroy on the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Doubled, just to make certain, because anyone's who's been diligently seeking Kilroy (he brings hope and a smile in dark and uncertain times) knows that Kilroy appears as identical twins at the DC WWII Memorial... facing away from each other, separated by a Wall of [4,048] Stars:

2024 + 2024 stars...

"HERE WE MARK THE PRICE OF FREEDOM"

The brothers engraved in stone are each literally locked behind the two (double) golden gates, where the doors to the maintenance stairs/ladder lie on the floor.

More specifically, the brothers are outward of the wall and waterfalls, facing states 1 and 2, pillars Delaware 🤔 and Pennsylvania 🤔.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kilroy-was-here

As per the photos shown,

The Kilroy close to a left corner faces south, toward the DE pillar
The Kilroy close to a right corner side faces north, toward the PA pillar

Facing away from each other.

The pillars are also engraved on their back sides, not just on the faces that are inside the memorial plaza.

As such, when looking east toward the rising sun , the imagery reads like this, across the memorial's pool (location of the two men in white on each side) toward the WAMO:

☀️
𓉶
🔵
PA ↤(RA)↦ DE

There you are, for anyone interested in truly magic mushrooms. It's as if... the Kilroy twins share their birthday with the Atomic Age.

So beautiful, "as if every brick in the streets and buildings was laid by hand by an artist who loved his work" ~ GOPJ, re a dream about a city too beautiful to exist, yet... there it is, out of Egypt, with a sun and an obelisk to light the way, for those who are willing to... turn things around. It's not any work at all if it is love.

***

"Kilroy was here" was a graffito that became popular in the 1940s, and existed under various names in different countries, illustrating how a meme can be modified through replication. This is seen as one of the first widespread memes in the world.[29]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

Memes are Magic Mushrooms and...

There are two forms of the mem: the open mem and the closed mem. As the Talmud explains,1 the open mem represents the revealed Torah and the closed mem represents the Torah’s secrets."

The AriZal states:2 “It is a mitzvah to reveal the secrets of Torah.”

A "meme" [מם] is water, the letter mem that is doubled and as such adds up to 80, like how many years since D-Day.

Isaiah 11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

"HERE WE MARK THE PRICE OF FREEDOM"

[ifinnegan]

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

So?

Anyhow, a book you might like is Intoxication by Ronald Siegel.

It’s subtitled “The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances.”

[ifinnegan]

“ McKenna, the original proponent of the above ideas on the other hand was a truly brilliant man and philosophical polymath.”

Not really. He was clearly deep state based on things he was allowed to do there in Hawaii.

[ifinnegan]

“ I’m surprised nobody’s set up lab experiments feeding magic mushrooms to monkeys to see what happens. Or Biden, if monkeys aren’t available.”

They were doing that in the 50’s.

[P.O.E.]

I credit the female of the species.

We were perfectly happy hanging around in the trees.

But nooooooo.

Women had to be all like “why don’t we have a nice cave like the Oggs over there.”

[MIA_eccl1212]

many decades ago, I had a close friend who made extra bucks selling mother nature... so to speak.
He visited me at home, used the restroom and discovered inside the dark corner growing through the edge of my yucky floor tiles... that particular mushroom species...

when he came out he asked if he could buy them from me.
I was not a user or supporter of the druggy mother nature lifestyle... and I told him no and then I scrubbed the floor and ripped out the rotting floor tiles that enabled the magic mushrooms to grow.

that was five decades ago.
nature based hallucinogens are still being sold. Now the government “regulates” and taxes them... and big pharma constantly refines and expands their usage.

we are no more conscious as a society, relative to God’s will and commands than we were 5 decades ago... but we are, decidedly MUCH worse now than we were then.

[SpaceBar]

Your dislike for Terence Mckenna has been expressed in many of your past posts. It is duly noted.

[MIA_eccl1212]

the more things change the more they stay the same.