theatlantic: How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy Jaroslav Flegr is no kook. And yet, for years, he suspected his mind had been taken over by parasites that had invaded his brain. So the prolific scientist began to investigate, then asked: Could tiny organisms carried by house cats be creeping into our brains, causing everything from car wrecks to schizophrenia? Now, his science-fiction hunch is gaining credence and shaping the emerging science of mind-controlling parasites. Read more. [Image: Michal Novotný]

theatlantic:

How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy

Jaroslav Flegr is no kook. And yet, for years, he suspected his mind had been taken over by parasites that had invaded his brain. So the prolific scientist began to investigate, then asked: Could tiny organisms carried by house cats be creeping into our brains, causing everything from car wrecks to schizophrenia? Now, his science-fiction hunch is gaining credence and shaping the emerging science of mind-controlling parasites. Read more.

[Image: Michal Novotný]

theatlantic: How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy Jaroslav Flegr is no kook. And yet, for years, he suspected his mind had been taken over by parasites that had invaded his brain. So the prolific scientist began to investigate, then asked: Could tiny organisms carried by house cats be creeping into our brains, causing everything from car wrecks to schizophrenia? Now, his science-fiction hunch is gaining credence and shaping the emerging science of mind-controlling parasites. Read more. [Image: Michal Novotný]

theatlantic:

How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy

Jaroslav Flegr is no kook. And yet, for years, he suspected his mind had been taken over by parasites that had invaded his brain. So the prolific scientist began to investigate, then asked: Could tiny organisms carried by house cats be creeping into our brains, causing everything from car wrecks to schizophrenia? Now, his science-fiction hunch is gaining credence and shaping the emerging science of mind-controlling parasites. Read more.

[Image: Michal Novotný]

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    Holy shit. Yeerks are real!
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    This is the shit I DONT need to see when adopting a cat today.
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  8. rachelandthecity reblogged this from theatlantic and added:
    Hahahhahaha cats.
  9. lasalasdelosmuertos reblogged this from tangledandguilty and added:
    Oh god I so don’t want the schizophrenia that runs in my family…
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    this lends a lot of credence to/potentially explains a lot about the whole crazy cat lady thing where the fuck did they...
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    Another reason to be a dog person?
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    Very interesting. I find determinism to be a major turn-off as a philosophy, because we all like to think we are in...
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    Someone posted this on my fb wall this morning lol :’(
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    OH myfucking god. I knew something was wrong with me. Holy shit.
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