Thanks for the recommendation. I've mostly seen Paul in Ted talks or otherwise addressing a large audience, and I feel that really puts a hard limit on what he can potentially say - I find those informative, but not engaging.
This 1 on 1 talk however is very fascinating and the broad spectrum allowed Paul to show how much vast research and knowledge he has with fungi and life in general.
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This week I've been digitizing paper notes I've made the past year, so I did the same while watching this interview aswell. Hopefully this will get a few extra people interested in watching this long, worthwhile video.
Subject matter in order they appear:
(Note: some of this may be repeated knowledge if you've seen his videos before)
- Various facts about Mycelium - 1 Metre of tree root has 1 Kilometres of mycelium connected to it.
- How an experiment on slime mold helped make japan's subways more efficient (really cool!)
- Various psilocybin discussions
- Paul tells a story of how he believes he cured his stuttering problem
- Neuropathy/Neurogenesis discussions
- How mycelium via penicillin helped in WW2
- Bees, Colony Collapse Disorder: from 2016-2017 many US states experienced 50-80% loss of bees/hives. He warns in less than 10 years that it could be 100%.
- His hypothesis about CCD solutions involve mycelium, especially those found in trees.
- Lucid Dreams
- An argument to save old growth forests because it's a matter of national defense
- A story about his troubles with a patent he had filed (Black Hawk Helicopters ending up surrounding his lab)
- Paul's gourmet, which he also considers medicinal, mushroom favourites: Shiitake, Reishi, Maitake, Lion's Mane, Chaga and Turkey Tail.
- All mushrooms need to be cooked, portebello need especially higher heat because of Hydrazines
- A study about enoki mushrooms reducing cancer rates in Japan
- Cordyceps fungi discussion
- Multiverse/Lucid dream experience Paul had
- A story about how he and his brother found a new type of psilocybin (found in a park where there was a flush of 1000's of them)
Around 1:45:00 into the video, an intense moment for any conspiracy lovers
(I use the word Conspiracy in the context of it's definition)
Closing statement from Paul: "The reality is not limited to the perception we have traditionally used."
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