Drew’s Train of Thought

Drew DeKeyrel, Writer

Why do people automatically think that organic is always healthier than artificial? Sure, foods that aren’t pumped full of preservatives are nice, but do you know what else is organic? Cyanide. Cyanide is a dangerous poison found in various fruits and nuts naturally, so why is organic thought as healthier? Is it because people are afraid that things not found in nature are dangerous and unhealthy? If that’s the case, I’ll list a few things that are found in nature that are incredibly harmful. Ricin is found in the beans of the castor oil plant and causes cell death; it is highly dangerous. Curare also comes from a plant in South America and was used to create venom-tipped darts by natives. One of the most toxic substances known, botulinum toxin, is created by anaerobic bacteria. Most scientists agree that botulinum toxin is the most toxic toxin. All of these come from nature, and there is an even greater plethora of harmful substances in nature that I didn’t list. If organic is so much healthier, then why are most of the most lethal substances found in nature? The only explanation? Organic foods are out to get us.

Does anyone else find it weird how well humans can adapt to their environment? Around 9,000 B.C. was about when we learned about agriculture, and then everything started to progress at an exponential rate. It may seem like 11,000 years is a long time, but considering how long other species have occupied Earth, it’s miniscule. We’ve harnessed the resources on this planet to create numerous inventions and feats that people in ancient times would consider magic. I find it funny how we switched from adapting to our surroundings to adapting our surroundings to us.

What do you think the first people to accidentally eat certain psychedelic plants were thinking? One minute, they’re eating the new stew their wife just made from the pretty mushrooms she found, and the next minute the walls are talking about chivalry and Humpty Dumpty is asking for a cup of tea. Did he think he became cursed by a witch for a day? Did he think he received a supernatural vision? Did Janice, his wife, think that her husband had finally lost it? The answer to the last question is most likely yes. I mean, I’d assume the person who was having a conversation with the walls and having tea time with Humpty Dumpty is crazy. Did old time doctors prescribe these plants occasionally? Were the doctors then killed because they practiced witchcraft? Probably. That is the general feeling I get from medieval times. Someone is using plants and herbs to heal people? They have to be a witch. Burn them at the stake. People in medieval times were just so quick to jump to conclusions. They were all so paranoid and quick to kill. A person who was doing ‘witchcraft’ would probably just be a chemist now. A ‘doctor’ back then would probably just be that one person on WebMD who tells you that you have elbow cancer. I’m so happy that after the Black Death the doctors were like, “Hey, so you know how none of our remedies and procedures saved anyone from the plague? Maybe we should actually start learning how to help people instead of throwing grass at them and bleeding the disease out.” Thankfully, we now have an understanding of medicine.

We also have some weird thoughts courtesy of Cade Jackson:

If your Minecraft world is infinite, how can the Sun go around the Earth?

If you detach your leg and hit someone over the head, are you hitting them or kicking them?