'George Carlin: "Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are stupider than that." Scientists: "We may have discovered what causes that."' Human cognition-affecting virus discovered http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-11/10/virus-that-makes-humans-more-stupid Researchers at the John Hopkins Medical School and the University of Nebraska have discovered a virus that infects our brains and "makes us more stupid." In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal, researchers describe coming across the virus by chance, while conducting a different study altogether into throat microbes. Throughout the research, it was found that the DNA in the throats of healthy individuals matched the DNA of a virus (ACTV-1), which usually infects green algae. The algae virus, which was discovered by these researchers, was previously thought to be harmless to humans. However, it has now been found to affect human cognitive capabilities, including our assessment of spatial awareness and visual processing. When researchers analysed the throats of 92 study participants, they discovered that the ACTV-1 virus was present in 44 percent of them. Compared to those without ACTV-1, those infected performed worse in tests geared to measure attention spans and visual processing. The findings of this study reveal that some microbes can have harmful affects on human cognition, while leaving individuals physically unharmed. However, as researchers are not yet sure of how ATCV-1 infects humans, there will be no need to avoid fresh water or lakes where green algae might be found. In case anyone wanted to know the root cause of Liberalism -
Well it would certainly explain why republicans have cut $700 billion in taxes since taking over with $18 trillion in debt, they are infected so there brains can't do math. Can you republicans discipline your party leaders and convince them to pay down the debt? Thank you GW for the article, it's very interesting we're still learning so much,bill
I was born very stupid. You can't believe some of the stupid things I did. Especially when I was going through my home made airplane stage. Just fyi, strapping two pieces of cardboard to your arms and jumping off the highest thing in your house may work at first, but jumping off the highest thing in your neighborhood to show everybody how your new airplane works ends badly. the only thing I found to combat this stupid virus was every Thursday night, my mother dropped what she was doing and showed up in my sacred workshop (bedroom) and went over all my words with me for the Friday spelling test. Most of the words were pretty easy, but some had English inconsistencies, and she would devise rhymes or sayings to help me remember. And I always scored 100% on every spelling test each Friday. And pretty soon, the teacher, and even the kids who had witnessed my stupid flying experiments declared me officially "Smart." After that, life through school was a breeze. Never quite did get the flying thing down, but I have had some trades that make you feel just like you were flying.
"may" is only based on knowledge due to testing.....that means, it does not "know" the cause. Real cause is "self" created.
you may be on to something. It seems to me based on my own experience that stupidity has always existed. Lyndon Johnson cured poverty just by declaring war on it. So I see no reason we shouldn't just declare war on stupidity. As a matter of fact, I think we should declare war on anything we don't like. Of course, I don't like the war on drugs, but that is simply because not all of us are against drugs. But if you surrender your war on drugs, I will gladly support you on your war against poverty and stupidity.