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This is fascinating and horrifying. I often wonder if there are parasites we doing know about that affect human behavior.
by emarsh 4y ago
This is fascinating and horrifying. I often wonder if there are parasites we doing know about that affect human behavior.
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y agoProbably. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii
- POPOSYS 4y agoThere are! One of the most dangerous is forcing you to write the word "doing" in places it makes no sense!
- blooalien 4y agoPretty sure they meant "don't know about" in the phrase you're referring to. Perhaps they were posting from a portable "smart" device and got caught out by the ever so reliable "auto-wrong" system, or maybe they just had a "brain-fart" while typing fast…
- wging 4y agoIt's been covered in science fiction a number of times - what comes to mind immediately is Marc Laidlaw's take. https://www.marclaidlaw.com/online-fiction/leng-along/ https://www.marclaidlaw.com/online-fiction/leng-along/ (He's a talented writer; if you know his name, it might be because he wrote for the Half-Life games.)
- dunefox 4y agoThe girl with all the gifts.
- arrosenberg 4y agoAs someone mentioned, Toxoplasmosis is one. We also know that your gut bacteria produce exudates that affect mood, sleep and other things.
- RF_Savage 4y agoOne has to treat their housemates in the gut well to sleep well it seems. :)
- hypertele-Xii 4y agoOr clean house. It's uncomfortable for sure, but you'll live through it - they won't. Get better tenants.
- warinukraine 4y ago