Also, why haven’t any of the researches tried it? I’m curious if seeing little people is a cultural thing or an unique effect of the drug. I’m less surprised that there’s a psychedelic chemical out there that modern science has not studied yet.

[–] ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz 1 points 42 minutes ago

I recall reading that the effects could last for up to a week with cases often requiring hospitalization. Not much fun I imagine.

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 1 points 43 minutes ago

They probably shouldn't try it to avoid introducing bias

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Well the article mentions that people from outside of China (northern Philippines is given as an example) also report seeing the little people. Also they found historical texts from the 3rd century also mentioning the little people. So it does seem to be an effect of the mushrooms and not just a cultural thing.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 2 points 1 hour ago

I would guess the isn't cultural as the idea of "people, but small" isn't very specific. It's probably similar to the "machine elves" users of DMT often report