111 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 19 Dec 2023 \ parent \ on: Name One Conspiracy Theory You Believe and One You Don't history
As far as I can tell the "vegetables are poison" thing is a garbled version of the finding that vegetables produce compounds to discourage animals from eating them. The problem with the poison claim, is that we adapt to those compounds.
It's also too broad of a claim, because many plants rely on being eaten in order to propagate. Those plants are adapting to be more appealing rather than more repellant.
The problem with the poison claim, is that we adapt to those compounds.
yes, like many things that we adapt to, even the coffee we drink all the time! or drugs, if we try to get rid of something all of a sudden, it's actually the sudden lack of it that kills people instead of the drug itself.
adaptation can help you or kill you!
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