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Genetic Reason for Your Gadget Habit

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-lookie-there dept.

You can't help it if you need to get the latest gadgets. Well... perhaps it's not quite such a serious medical affliction, but scientists have found a genetic basis for some folks' burning desire to have the latest and greatest. There's even a name for it - neophilia. Apparently, some of us have elevated levels of a cellular enzyme, monoamine oxidase A, and are more in need of stimulation from new things.

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  1. Please flip the bit by cerberusss · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If just one gen to flip, please flip my girlfriends bit. She has the burning desire to buy new clothes and shoes.

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  2. Re:Who cares? by everett · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There's nothing wrong with Iowa persay. I just don't like corn. Corn scares me, all those ears and such. Did I mention they have a lot of corn in Iowa? Corn. Oh, plus the people there tend toward zealotry and extreme right-wing views, but that afflicts most of the mid-west and southern states. "Gotta hate them queers, it just ain't right" as my bigotted grandmother would say.

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