Ancient Viruses Altered Human Brains

giulioprisco writes: A new study from Lund University in Sweden (abstract) indicates inherited viruses that are millions of years old play an important role in building up the complex networks that characterize the human brain. The Lund study shows that retroviruses seem to play a central role in the basic functions of the brain — over the course of evolution, the viruses took an increasingly firm hold on the steering wheel in our cellular machinery. In particular, the retroviruses seem to play an important role in the regulation of which genes are to be expressed, and when."

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Re:Now the anti-vax crowd

[Anonanonaon]

These people need to be shot.

That's not exactly a ringing endorsement for why the pro-vax side should be respected.

"Believe what I believe or I'll kill you."

Yeah. People who think that way are exactly the sort who should not be listened to, and for directly related reasons cannot seem to understand why anybody would question their values and assurances.

Authoritarian followers believe what they are told, and the authorities of this world are either psychopaths or more authoritarian followers conned by the former.