Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’

Post by mcpackieh » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 5:26 PM UTC

Almondsetat wrote: post #21

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #11

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Do they think dangerous advice on mushroom foraging is relevant to the topic of someone maybe having died from eating the wrong mushroom sourced from mushroom foraging? Do you think it's not relevant? It might not be that interesting, but you and I already made an off-the-cuff remark into way more of a thing than it deserved. Just downvote if you don't like the comment.

Do you think a recently made AI generated book only available in English and from western shops has made its way to a 77yo Russian executive who probably learnt to pick mushrooms 50 years ago?

Post by jncfhnb » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 5:28 PM UTC

sonofhans wrote: post #7

The thing about the mafia — and the Russian government today is more mafia than anything — is that you can’t continue to make empty threats. Even if everyone in your protection racket is paying up, and no one is squealing or making waves, you still need to remind people _why_ they keep paying you. So it’s absolutely in Putin’s interests to keep assassinating his adversaries, and not to disclaim credit even if the dea…

Post by renegade-otter » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 5:31 PM UTC

Post by JumpCrisscross » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 5:32 PM UTC

krastanov wrote: post #24

rebolek wrote: post #13

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At 77 years, he certainly knew what he's picking up, it's not that hard to learn edible mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms and ignore the rest which may be edible but also not.

This is not remotely what the "common knowledge" about mushroom foraging is in Eastern Europe. There is a "funny" story in Bulgaria how the most famous mushroom foraging expert in Bulgaria a few decades ago died because he made a mistake when foraging. Plenty of edible mushrooms are just "twins" of poisonous mushrooms, using animal's knowledge to not eat them, without expending the metabolic cost to actually produce…

Post by hn_throwaway_99 » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 5:34 PM UTC

krastanov wrote: post #24

rebolek wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At 77 years, he certainly knew what he's picking up, it's not that hard to learn edible mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms and ignore the rest which may be edible but also not.

This is not remotely what the "common knowledge" about mushroom foraging is in Eastern Europe. There is a "funny" story in Bulgaria how the most famous mushroom foraging expert in Bulgaria a few decades ago died because he made a mistake when foraging. Plenty of edible mushrooms are just "twins" of poisonous mushrooms, using animal's knowledge to not eat them, without expending the metabolic cost to actually produce…