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2006-12-26 Science & Technology
Parasite makes men dumb, women sexy
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Posted by .com 2006-12-26 04:27|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 I was going to comment on the growing understanding of the role of bacterial/parasitical infections in many human chronic and degenerative diseases, but then I came across this gob smacking statement at wikipedia.

"In populations where this parasite is very common, mass personality modification could result in cultural change. [Variations in the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii] may explain a substantial proportion of human population differences we see in cultural aspects that relate to ego, money, material possessions, work and rules." — Kevin Lafferty [4]
Posted by phil_b 2006-12-26 07:00||   2006-12-26 07:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Working the symbiosis angle, lol. I'm pretty sure that vacuoles are where BDS is accumulated and stored by the Dark Side... when "critical mass" is achieved, well, the host is doomed.

A Theory Thingy: A far less-publicized aspect, IMHO - demonstrable loss of reason gets all the ink, is the ronerynessiosity of BDS... Once it has taken hold, the host isn't satisfied with being a total fucking moron asshat Moonbat, oh no, it needs company, lots of company, so it works tirelessly to drag everyone else down with it. Mr Zimmerman put this human phenomenon this way:

"While one who sings with his tongue on fire
Gargles in the rat-race choir;
Bent out of shape by society's pliers,
Cares not to come up any higher,
But, rather, get you down in the hole
That he's in..."

Once infected, there is no reliable cure, except for that death thingy.
Posted by .com 2006-12-26 07:25||   2006-12-26 07:25|| Front Page Top

#3 I smells a burn.
Posted by Shipman 2006-12-26 08:11||   2006-12-26 08:11|| Front Page Top

#4 A carpet burn?
Posted by .com 2006-12-26 08:19||   2006-12-26 08:19|| Front Page Top

#5 If there's any justice in the world, that young woman is tomorrow's bloid girl.
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2006-12-26 08:25||   2006-12-26 08:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Wik say's it makes women Neurotic. We knew it all along, the sexiest women are all psyco. LOL!!!
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-12-26 08:45||   2006-12-26 08:45|| Front Page Top

#7 A common liquidparasite can increase a women's attractiveness to the opposite sex but also make men more stupid, an Australian researcher says.

AKA alcohol.
Posted by xbalanke 2006-12-26 10:45||   2006-12-26 10:45|| Front Page Top

#8 Vodka Vision, you too can enjoy the feeling of having a beautiful date all it takes is enough Vodka.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2006-12-26 11:26||   2006-12-26 11:26|| Front Page Top

#9 If I'm not mistaken, that's the young Sophia Loren. They don't make them like that anymore.
Posted by mac 2006-12-26 11:39||   2006-12-26 11:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Huh. The sexier women get, the dumber men get. This is news?
Posted by Angie Schultz 2006-12-26 12:19||   2006-12-26 12:19|| Front Page Top

#11 Oh, bollocks. How many stupid male risk-takers do you know with cats, and how many sexy loose women with apartments full of cats? If there's a parasite which makes men stupid & rash and women loose & attractive, it's carried by dogs. Your stereotypical cat-owner is a neurotic slob, regardless of sex, far as I can tell.
Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H.  2006-12-26 14:24|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]  2006-12-26 14:24|| Front Page Top

#12 Parasite makes men dumb, women sexy

men, this is just way too much information which as you all know is a very bad thing because it can lead to post-coital tristesse sexual urges.
Posted by RD 2006-12-26 14:25||   2006-12-26 14:25|| Front Page Top

#13 Beer goggles. Who's got my beer goggles? y'know, they say beauty is in the eye of the beer holder, and ah have my hands full.......
Posted by USN, Ret. 2006-12-26 16:35||   2006-12-26 16:35|| Front Page Top

#14 Mitch look up Toxoplasma on Wikpedia. One of the symptoms is being neurotic. Just like you said.
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-12-26 17:04||   2006-12-26 17:04|| Front Page Top

#15 Mmmmmmmmmmmmm...Sophia!
Posted by tu3031 2006-12-26 17:05||   2006-12-26 17:05|| Front Page Top

#16 Science has now proven why men like dogs, or in the altern that Men love parasites, not Women??? Should make for an interesting PLAYBOY-PENTHOUSE Centerfold.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-26 22:39||   2006-12-26 22:39|| Front Page Top

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