They actually mention the show by name in the article

I didnt think that Vice was clickbait.

Nevertheless, article is about a mushroom found in Yunnan, China that causes hallucinations that last a long time and apparently always results in folks tripping out and seeing little tiny folks cruising around the place. Not the same chemical/reaction as in magic mushrooms. Sounds pretty wild.

It's just vice, you're good.

You are referring to the machine elves I've tried DMT once, didn't see them but i did spend 30 minutes listening to a imaginary guitar during my 5 minute trip. I can not recall one single chord, but i know it's the most beautiful thing I've heard.

Im curious, they phrase it as though the hallucinations are always an unwanted side effect, but I wonder if that is the case? It makes me wonder whether it is a particularly unpleasant hallucination, i cant imagine that simply seeing little people would be described as "poisoning" or "toxic"

Yeah, machine elfs are a thing with that one. We dont live in a purely physical universe. But because its difficult to prove that with any science, people think we do.