Cats might be killing us (2012)

Posted by georgebonnr on Monday August 12, 2013 @05:12PM
from the theatlantic.com dept.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/how-your-cat-is-making-you-crazy/308873/

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Re:Cats might be killing us (2012) by nikatwork on Monday August 12, 2013 @08:21PM (#6203211)

OTOH cats might also make us better at soccer[1], so there's that.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/201...

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Re:Cats might be killing us (2012) by georgebonnr on Monday August 12, 2013 @09:54PM (#6203555)

The implications of this stuff, both hilarious and frightening are... just nuts.

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Re:Cats might be killing us (2012) by dudeonthecouch on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @09:08AM (#6205426)

The article doesn't offer any reason why it shouldn't be the other way round - people with the described character traits are just more likely to like cats and therefore more likely to be exposed to toxoplasmosis.

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Re:Cats might be killing us (2012) by jared314 on Monday August 12, 2013 @07:00PM (#6202773)

Previous discussion (2012):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3573694

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