[fwdude]

Keep in mind that this is the same “science” that says a man can “become a woman. “

[Yo-Yo]

Keep in mind that this is the same “science” that says a man can “become a woman. “

Keep in mind that the same people who say a man can "become a woman" usually own multiple cats...

[kawhill]

“Having a cat as a pet could potentially double a person’s risk of schizophrenia-related conditions, according to an analysis of 17 studies.” What if I had 17 barn cats?

[fwdude]

However, a link doesn't prove T. gondii causes these changes or that the parasite was passed on to a human from a cat.

In other words, the strong-willed cat’s personality drives us into madness.

[dforest]

Do any of these people having anything better do do?

How about owning a lizard? Or a fish?

[Leaning Right]

That study is malicious garbage. Complete nonsense.

(My cat persuaded me to say that.)

[EandH Dad]

All three of my cats deny this.

[9YearLurker]

Correlation is not necessarily causation.

[Jim W N]

Only if your cat hypnotizes you...

[Revel]

Well let me see here. Does Candace Owens own a cat?

[Kozak]

Cats transmit toxoplasmosis, associated with mental illness.

[Carriage Hill]

Cats are my favorite people.

[bankwalker]

Which came first? The chicken or the egg?

[JayGalt]

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Typical lousy “parlor game” science equates correlation with causality.

[Polanski]

My kitty told me not to listen to the other voices.

[jacknhoo]

I don’t believe cats are the source of schizophrenia, but a lot of schizophrenic women are cat ladies. They could make the same and more valid claim about participating in abortion, seems to me.

[iamgalt]

If you reverse the headline they may be onto something.

[mairdie]

Cats - Segovia - Bach
https://youtu.be/1u_8wtJCM8M

[arthurus]

Are cause and effect being confused here?

[piasa]

It may be that people who have schizophrenia are much more likely to choose a cat - an easily obtained, easy to care for, affordable animal that will give them attention and which they can keep indoors and never have to walk outside - as a pet.

And that this research comes from Australia where they have a heightened animosity towards non-native invasive species like rabbits, camels and cats and so, a need to deter people from breeding cats for the pet trade.

That said, cats do have the ability to biochemically alter the behavior of rodents.

[fwdude]

The study is bogus. Over a third of all households have a cat as a pet. Too broad of a study population to mean anything.

Might as well try to correlate those who drink plain water to schizophrenia.