Why 'Sexual Mind Control' Is Rare in Nature

Re:Why 'Sexual Mind Control' Is Rare in Nature by mattmanser on Thursday January 30, 2014 @08:31AM (#7150536)

The researchers speculate that sexual mind control either costs too much energy for the parasite, causes too much harm to the host, or both.

Speculate? SPECULATE? How can they not know.

It's a simulation for god's sake! How can they not spit out an average for energy consumed per infected host? How can they not have that data?

Sounds suspiciously like pseudo-science.

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Re:Why 'Sexual Mind Control' Is Rare in Nature by awkward on Thursday January 30, 2014 @08:36AM (#7150556)

So you accept that a simulation is a valid experiment, but feel that refusing to tell science press that natural phenomena fit the exact parameters of the simulation is pseudo science?

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Re:Why 'Sexual Mind Control' Is Rare in Nature by mattmanser on Thursday January 30, 2014 @11:25AM (#7151478)

You completely misunderstood me. What I'm saying is how on earth can it be valid if they are speculating on the very basic questions.

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