The Hollinwell exhibition is widely regarded as either a shared delusion or a pesticide sprayed by the British government in a field that people collectively had an allergic reaction to.
[He sets his pen down.] Mass Delusions have been documented in multiple cultures. One of the most famous that you've probably heard of is the 1518 dancing plague. Several hundred people in Stratsborg began to dance in the middle of the street. Historians can't agree on the exact number, but it's become a popular story in pop culture.
[Nonplussed, he continues to write and then sighs.] Though there's no concrete cause, various herbs and fungi have been shown to have a negative effect on human beings. If this is a "dream" that we're all having, food and plants are a likely culprit. Ergotamine is an ingredient in LSD.
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[He sets his pen down.] Mass Delusions have been documented in multiple cultures. One of the most famous that you've probably heard of is the 1518 dancing plague. Several hundred people in Stratsborg began to dance in the middle of the street. Historians can't agree on the exact number, but it's become a popular story in pop culture.
[Nonplussed, he continues to write and then sighs.] Though there's no concrete cause, various herbs and fungi have been shown to have a negative effect on human beings. If this is a "dream" that we're all having, food and plants are a likely culprit. Ergotamine is an ingredient in LSD.