Luke Caverns
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And then you can take that same chemical and they'll pour it in the water and rather than fishing or spearing fish in the water or hooking them, they pour it into the water and they create these little canals off of the Amazon and fish, piranha, whatever will swim up in it and they pour that liquid wherever that hallucinogen isn't and it stuns the fish and they all come to the top and they only take what they need and they send the rest back.
And then you can take that same chemical and they'll pour it in the water and rather than fishing or spearing fish in the water or hooking them, they pour it into the water and they create these little canals off of the Amazon and fish, piranha, whatever will swim up in it and they pour that liquid wherever that hallucinogen isn't and it stuns the fish and they all come to the top and they only take what they need and they send the rest back.
And then you can take that same chemical and they'll pour it in the water and rather than fishing or spearing fish in the water or hooking them, they pour it into the water and they create these little canals off of the Amazon and fish, piranha, whatever will swim up in it and they pour that liquid wherever that hallucinogen isn't and it stuns the fish and they all come to the top and they only take what they need and they send the rest back.
which is another reason why I don't think that Native Americans are responsible for the extinction of all the megafauna in the Americas. Because, you know, okay, so I'm out in the woods in East Texas a couple weeks ago, and we're just walking around, and we're talking about the Caddo people. Have you heard of the Caddo Indians before?
which is another reason why I don't think that Native Americans are responsible for the extinction of all the megafauna in the Americas. Because, you know, okay, so I'm out in the woods in East Texas a couple weeks ago, and we're just walking around, and we're talking about the Caddo people. Have you heard of the Caddo Indians before?
which is another reason why I don't think that Native Americans are responsible for the extinction of all the megafauna in the Americas. Because, you know, okay, so I'm out in the woods in East Texas a couple weeks ago, and we're just walking around, and we're talking about the Caddo people. Have you heard of the Caddo Indians before?
And I was trying to talk to my friend who doesn't know a lot about Native Americans, trying to, like, tell him, trying to give him the essence of the people. And the words came to me, and I was like, if nature itself took an anthropomorphic form. That's the Native American. These are people that lived perfectly with their environment or tried to, at least most of them did.
And I was trying to talk to my friend who doesn't know a lot about Native Americans, trying to, like, tell him, trying to give him the essence of the people. And the words came to me, and I was like, if nature itself took an anthropomorphic form. That's the Native American. These are people that lived perfectly with their environment or tried to, at least most of them did.
And I was trying to talk to my friend who doesn't know a lot about Native Americans, trying to, like, tell him, trying to give him the essence of the people. And the words came to me, and I was like, if nature itself took an anthropomorphic form. That's the Native American. These are people that lived perfectly with their environment or tried to, at least most of them did.
And yeah, it's just amazing, man. So much can be learned from that. They did some wasteful things. I know, I know. Like the buffalo jumps. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, yeah, that's true. And I'm really speaking in generalities. Like I could go on and on about all the horrific things that the Aztecs did. This is just a general โ Or the Comanches. Or the Comanches. Did to other Indians.
And yeah, it's just amazing, man. So much can be learned from that. They did some wasteful things. I know, I know. Like the buffalo jumps. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, yeah, that's true. And I'm really speaking in generalities. Like I could go on and on about all the horrific things that the Aztecs did. This is just a general โ Or the Comanches. Or the Comanches. Did to other Indians.
And yeah, it's just amazing, man. So much can be learned from that. They did some wasteful things. I know, I know. Like the buffalo jumps. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, yeah, that's true. And I'm really speaking in generalities. Like I could go on and on about all the horrific things that the Aztecs did. This is just a general โ Or the Comanches. Or the Comanches. Did to other Indians.
It's not like this was a โ it's not at all like this was a utopia at all.
It's not like this was a โ it's not at all like this was a utopia at all.
It's not like this was a โ it's not at all like this was a utopia at all.
Exactly. Jaguar is not utopia if you're an antelope. Yeah, yeah, very much so. So, you know, there's some nuance there. But, yeah, I just โ I don't know. It's just fascinating. You had a good point in a podcast earlier. I think you were talking about Oriana, his expedition down the Amazon, and you were talking about how he was able to use the stars to navigate back to Spain.
Exactly. Jaguar is not utopia if you're an antelope. Yeah, yeah, very much so. So, you know, there's some nuance there. But, yeah, I just โ I don't know. It's just fascinating. You had a good point in a podcast earlier. I think you were talking about Oriana, his expedition down the Amazon, and you were talking about how he was able to use the stars to navigate back to Spain.