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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn't there a conspiracy theories that the shrooms are a hive mind secretly guiding humanity's evolution into godhood?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Do you mean the stoned ape theory? Never have seen it interpreted in that way, but it's weirdly comforting and I kinda want to believe it now. Makes humanity feel less lost when there could be some fungi buddies looking after us, secretly manipulating us into becoming better beings.