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Antidepressants In the Water Are Making Shrimp Suicidal
Antidepressants may help a lot of people get up in the morning but new research shows they are making shrimp swim into that big bowl of cocktail sauce in the sky. Alex Ford, a marine biologist at the University of Portsmouth, found that shrimp exposed to the antidepressant fluoxetine are 5 times more likely to swim towards light instead of away from it. Shrimp usually swim away from light as it is associated with birds or fishermen.
So "go into the light!!!11" doesn't work for shrimp?!
How does shrimp kill themselves?! They use a pistol...
how long until
Just an observation...since I first observed the phenomena, I have gotten into the habit of going to my account page on /. 'n waiting whenever I write a comment that could be considered to be "anti-Big [___]" something or other. lollll...within five minutes, the most recent half dozen or so of my comments on any other article reflect being modded down a point.
Makes me think some entity's discretionary fund is entirely too large - or someone's mind is too small.
Sure, I could be paranoid...can't rule anything out, in such a large universe.
Orwell: "In a Time of Universal Deceit, telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act"
Oh? Even old comments, from articles that don't even appear on the /. main page anymore? As in, check their mod level, make a comment about BP, check their mod level again, and even the old have gone down?
Perhaps I am delusional...on the other hand, perhaps others will be motivated to make the same observations - empirical science can be a wonderful thing. In the grand scheme of things, people expressing their political biases with mod points is as a fart in the wind - but if I am not delusional, then I'd like such to know that their desire to act in secret is in vain.
Orwell: "In a Time of Universal Deceit, telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act"
How is this a troll? Thin skinned addicts with mod points? Corrupt doctors? This is the second time I've been modded a troll for posting this anecdote. Someone died. I'm just trying to help.
I have nothing against doctors in general, in fact I admire many of them. But I guess if the shoe fits....
If you believe that valium helps you or someone you love, maybe it does, and I'm not going to try to talk you out of it. My opinion, from what I've observed and the statistics I've read on addiction, is that the harm done outweighs any possible benefits. But if it bothers you that I am expressing this opinion, then maybe you ought to look at how your habit or your business is affecting your emotions.
What, I cannot be simultaneously delusional and reliable? Fox does it...
(lolllll...no, I didn't just take a screenshot of my comments page. I learned something, though...I should have kept my observations to myself until after I took the path you proffered. Could have sold the story - if there was one - to Wired, then.)
Orwell: "In a Time of Universal Deceit, telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act"