The title of the article (not this post) is outrageous! "Cat Parasite Affects Everything We Feel and Do" Even the content of the article itself disagrees with

The title of the article (not this post) is outrageous! "Cat Parasite Affects Everything We Feel and Do" Even the content of the article itself disagrees with the title: "He's not suggesting that it's a big player in cultural evolution. Lots of other things are more powerful, ranging from geography to weather to the availability of natural resources." And that's the "popular account". Consider what the actual research paper probably said. Reminds me of this comic: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/files/2009/05/phd051809s.gif http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/files/2009/05... Side comment: This is a bit of old news (2006).