| ▲ | curiousthought 3 hours ago | |
Toxoplasma gondii affects animal behavior, I don't think it's a stretch to think it (or something similar) could affect humans in some way we haven't measured yet. | ||
| ▲ | fipar 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I think it’s very common for parasites to affect their host’s behavior. If you find this topic interesting, I recommend the book “Parasite Rex” | ||
| ▲ | bee_rider 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
I think this is widely speculated already, right? It is just hard to measure human behavior. I mean one of the proposed effects on Wikipedia is a reduced aversion to cat urine. But obviously there is a correlation/causation question there, haha, | ||