Humans Infected With 'Mind-Altering' Parasite Seen as More Attractive

[whatchamacallit]

I was thinking this was an April fool's joke but it was posted a few days ago.


https://www.realclearscience.com/articl ... 23945.html

CDC does state it is believed 40 million Americans are infected.

https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasm ... /faqs.html


It makes you wonder what other unknown things are infecting and altering us.

[Kriegsspiel]

I'd love to see these findings replicated.

BTW, one of the most fascinating books I've ever read, Parasite Rex, talked about T. gondii a lot. Definitely recommended.

[dualstow]

hah! I’ve heard and read about Toxoplasma over the years and never dreamed that it would be the parasite mentioned in this title. At least, not until I saw Pug’s post, which I read before I clicked the link.

It may be responsible for crazy cat ladies. Causing attractiveness? i think this may be a stretch.

[Xan]

hah! I’ve heard and read about Toxoplasma over the years and never dreamed that it would be the parasite mentioned in this title. At least, not until I saw Pug’s post, which I read before I clicked the link.

It may be responsible for crazy cat ladies. Causing attractiveness? i think this may be a stretch.

I do think it's generally agreed that it causes rats and mice to not fear cats. Maybe it's women who are particularly rat-like and men who are particularly cat-like causing these "attractiveness" results.

[boglerdude]

Sapolsky's one of the smartest in the world, but dry molecular biology books just dont sell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NroiGfNohPo

Full ep https://open.spotify.com/episode/54HZBH9LUeJTvxsmL9h1Kn