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Parasite makes men dumb, women sexy...

Postby mith » Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:00 pm

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/par ... 90973.html

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Postby Doc44 » Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:54 am

So if it weren't for parasites some women would die a virgin.

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Postby sachin » Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:26 am

Thats Really dengerous for Men.......

And Womens too....... as they seem to outgoing....
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Postby kjle » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:10 am

wow, that's pretty crazy

good read, thx
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Postby MrMistery » Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:45 am

Yeah, but the hypothesis about Toxoplasma is not new, it is older. I have heard it before. Was thinking of infecting my girlfriend with it once :lol: That guy just came up with some more evidence to support it..
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Postby Linn » Sun Jan 14, 2007 1:37 pm

creepy :lol:
that sounds like science fiction
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Postby mith » Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:50 pm

Actually Linn, I got this article from a budding sci-fi writer, apparently a conspiracy novel about the government, a fringe fanatic group and viruses/bacteria in general.
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Postby MrMistery » Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:57 pm

it's not original, i told you it is an older hypothesis. I only heard about the experiment with the mice though..
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Postby sachin » Sun Jan 14, 2007 4:28 pm

MrMistery wrote:Yeah, but the hypothesis about Toxoplasma is not new, it is older. I have heard it before. Was thinking of infecting my girlfriend with it once :lol: That guy just came up with some more evidence to support it..


Send 1ug of sample..... For my GF.... :lol:
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Postby Linn » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:38 am

mith wrote:Actually Linn, I got this article from a budding sci-fi writer, apparently a conspiracy novel about the government, a fringe fanatic group and viruses/bacteria in general.


REALLY!!! :shock: :lol:
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