All Amanita muscaria varieties, but in particular A. muscaria var. muscaria, are noted for their hallucinogenic properties, with the main psychoactive constituents being the neurotoxins ibotenic acid and muscimol

Psilocybin mushrooms, commonly known as magic mushrooms, are a polyphyletic informal group of fungi that contain psilocybin which turns into psilocin upon ingestion. Biological genera containing psilocybin mushrooms include Copelandia, Gymnopilus, Inocybe, Panaeolus, Pholiotina, Pluteus, and Psilocybe. Psilocybin mushrooms have been and continue to be used in indigenous New World cultures in religious, divinatory, or spiritual contexts. Psilocybin mushrooms are also used as recreational drugs.

mushrooms containing psychoactive indole alkaloids

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Hallucinogenic plants | Richard Evans Schultes | Free download

Hallucinogenic plants
Richard Evans Schultes
I've been collecting little Golden Guides since I was a young child. I've had 2 copies of this excellent book, both of which were stolen. I look at this book from an anthropological viewpoint. I remember it as being just factual and non-judgement, not at all a guide on how to get high. Over the years and through my travels, my interest in anthropology is much greater, so I decided to track down a copy of this classic.
Categories: Religion - Spirituality
Year: 1976
Edition: Later
Publisher: Golden Press
Language: English
Pages: 18
ISBN 10: 0307243621ISBN 13: 9780307243621
File: PDF, 5.23 MB

Did Third-of-a-Pound Burger Fail Because People Didn't Understand Fractions?

One of the most vivid arithmetic failings displayed by Americans occurred in the early 1980s, when the A&W restaurant chain released a new hamburger to rival the McDonald’s Quarter Pounder. With a third-pound of beef, the A&W burger had more meat than the Quarter Pounder; in taste tests, customers preferred A&W’s burger. And it was less expensive. A lavish A&W television and radio marketing campaign cited these benefits. Yet instead of leaping at the great value, customers snubbed it.

Only when the company held customer focus groups did it become clear why. The Third Pounder presented the American public with a test in fractions. And we failed. Misunderstanding the value of one-third, customers believed they were being overcharged. Why, they asked the researchers, should they pay the same amount for a third of a pound of meat as they did for a quarter-pound of meat at McDonald’s. The “4” in “¼,” larger than the “3” in “⅓,” led them astray.

Did Third-of-a-Pound Burger Fail Because People Didn’t Understand Fractions?

Fractions, man.

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