The mushroom making people hallucinate tiny humans

Post by pstuart » Thu, Jan 22, 2026, 10:12 PM UTC

duskwuff wrote: post #47

pstuart wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would be fascinating to have research into what is effectively manifesting the experience. My (extremely limited) understanding is that humans are "hardwired" for pattern recognition (especially faces) -- could there be some sort of ROM equivalent of "this pattern is another human" that gets engaged by the chemical experience?

Maybe. It's certainly the case that there are areas of the human brain which are specifically associated with recognizing faces, like the fusiform face area - it's an intrinsic capability of the brain, not one that's learned. But I'm not certain that's sufficient to explain what's happening here. Increasing the activation of that area would most likely result in a person perceiving faces everywhere (e.g. an extreme f…

Post by cthalupa » Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 12:55 AM UTC

Denatonium wrote: post #41

JohnLeitch wrote: post #35

>Current tests suggest it is not likely related to any other known psychedelic compound. For one, the trips it produces are unusually long, commonly lasting 12 to 24 hours, and in some cases even causing hospital stays of up to a week. Plenty of common psychedelics have durations in excess of 12 hours. Some even in excess of 24 e.g. high doses of 2C-P. This may be a novel compound, but the duration is not necessarily…

Another example, this one deliriant and not psychedelic, is atropine/scopolamine, found in certain nightshades, such as deadly nightshade, mandrake, plants in the Datura genus, and trees in the Brugmansia genus. The chemical weapon QNB, also called BZ is another example of a long-acting deliriant. As far as classic psychedelics go, I've read mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) lasts really long.

Post by Rodeoclash » Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 1:51 AM UTC

tzs wrote: post #50

It would be interesting if it turned out that they are not hallucinations. The tiny people are real but for several hundred or maybe thousands of years have been slipping something into our food or water that makes it so we don't perceive them. The chemical in this mushroom temporarily neutralizes that.

Post by gavmor » Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 5:07 AM UTC

tzs wrote: post #50

It would be interesting if it turned out that they are not hallucinations. The tiny people are real but for several hundred or maybe thousands of years have been slipping something into our food or water that makes it so we don't perceive them. The chemical in this mushroom temporarily neutralizes that.

Post by MathMonkeyMan » Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 7:33 AM UTC

Prof_Sigmund wrote: post #44

For some reason, this reminded me of the "little people" in a genius book, 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.