Posted on 07/27/2018 12:34:25 PM PDT by Eddie01
An analysis of students in the US has found that those who have a certain type of brain parasite are more likely to be majoring in business studies.
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite carried by cats. It can infect people through contact with cat faeces, poorly cooked meat, or contaminated water, and as many as one-third of the world’s population may be infected. The parasite doesn’t make us feel sick, but it forms cysts in the brain where it can remain for the rest of a person’s life. Some studies have linked infection with the parasite to slower reaction times, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, suicidal behaviour, and explosive anger.
Now an assessment of almost 1300 US students has found that those who had been exposed to the parasite were 1.7 times more likely to be majoring in business. In particular, they were more likely to be focusing on management and entrepreneurship than other business-related areas.
The study also found that professionals attending business events were almost twice as likely to have started their own business if they were T. gondii positive, and that countries with a higher prevalence of T. gondii infection show more entrepreneurial activity.
The team behind the study say their data suggests that the parasite may be involved in reducing a person’s fear of failure and high-risk, high-reward ventures.
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Found a good discussion of the study here:
https://www.popsci.com/toxoplasma-gondii-parasite-risk-taking
Good thing I majored in sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll!
However, as a guy with a MBA for 40 years, I never met a cat loving MBA guy or gal.
On the other hand, After discussing this with my wife, many if not most successful women business owners/founders, my wife and I know or have known are cat people. They seem to prefer the unfriendly aloof cats who only need humans to feed them or to rub their bellies or backs.
Nice.
I played metal for 10 years.
Interesting that the control is Biology majors, not the population at large.
“I’ll take two of them.”
We have six that Mother Nature brought to our doorstep over the years. Would be more than HAPPY to share with any FReeper planning a run for the presidency.
Even a conservative with a brain-eating parasite spread by cats is at a considerable advantage.
See, leftists simply can’t catch the parasitical organism. It requires a host with a brain.
Given the disproportionate number of third world students enrolled in American university level business programs, this certainly stands to reason. American and European students are pursuing degrees in useless degrees in sociology, socialmedia, and ethnic and gender studies.
So seeing third world diseases occur more often amongst a population with higher numbers of third world students should surprise no one.
That’s an interesting leap of ‘free association’. I’ll have to think about it.
And yet, oddly, and unlike their college peers (even those who got into school on their academic standings), they have their college loans paid off before they're out of their 20s. Thanks Eddie01.
and more info https://www.neuroscientificallychallenged.com/blog/toxoplasma-gondii-human-behavior
and at this site http://dailyparasite.blogspot.com/search?q=toxoplasma
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