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Parasites Makes Us Dumber or Sexier
odie_q writes "It has long been known that the Toxoplasma gondii parasite alters its host's behavior, but now it seems the way it alters it depends on the sex of the host. From the article: 'A common parasite can increase a women's attractiveness to the opposite sex but also make men more stupid, an Australian researcher says ... Infected men have lower IQs, achieve a lower level of education and have shorter attention spans. They are also more likely to break rules and take risks, be more independent, more anti-social, suspicious, jealous and morose, and are deemed less attractive to women. On the other hand, infected women tend to be more outgoing, friendly, more promiscuous, and are considered more attractive to men compared with non-infected controls.'"
Don't worry, they only hanged one of the dozen surgically-altered clones. He'll show up in Gaza or the like 5 years from now to stir things up.
Table-ized A.I.
Someone tell me what's the happy part in this:
A dictator which the US created was today killed by a small part of the US and a small part of Iraq. More blood has been shed. American soldiers and Iraqi innocents continue to die and live a miserable life. A terrorist attack today killed 30, probably as a reaction to Saddam's hanging.
Really, what's the happy part?