This is a weird take. I hesitate to accuse you of not reading the study, but calling it an 'article' makes it seem like you just read the headline. The fact that there's a compound that has such a profound effect on the nervous system is certainly an important discovery, regardless of where that compound is found.
For context, when I was in undergrad ~10 years ago, it was accepted as fact that a person only ever had the amount of neurons they were born with, and that new neurons could never be produced endogenously.
In any event, the authors of this study certainly aren't advocating that anyone start using illegal drugs.
I read much less of calling it an article as a slight than just the fact the GP has noticed hallucinogens in the news lately, which is true. News tends to equate their lumping of words into sentences into paragraphs as news articles. It stems way back to the times of the printed news paper.
Right. This is Nature, arguably the most prestigious scientific journal in existence. It's not some "Increase Your Brain Cells With This One Weird Trick" clickbait article on Taboola.
For context, when I was in undergrad ~10 years ago, it was accepted as fact that a person only ever had the amount of neurons they were born with, and that new neurons could never be produced endogenously.
In any event, the authors of this study certainly aren't advocating that anyone start using illegal drugs.