[muir_redwoods]

What a thought. Something so terrible and debilitating as schizophrenia may be no more than a parasitic infestation. And a new form of life discovered in the process. Curiouser and curiouser.

[Tunehead54]

Aliens! Wonder if tin foil blocks their "voices"?

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[philman_36]

But...but...we've been assured that marijuana use can stimulate the symptoms of schizophrenia, not some spherical particles.
"This result provides genetic evidence that marijuana use can result in schizophrenia or a significantly increased risk of schizophrenia," lead researcher Hiroshi Ujike stated.

[SauronOfMordor]

It would be interesting to find out how it's passed on, and whether there are genetic factors which would make one more vulnerable to infection by these thingies

[Grammy]

Perhaps these are also what cause liberalism.

[Stentor]

I guess they figure, that if they can get away with the HIV-AIDS hypothesis, they can get away with anything.

[bourbon]

"They are not any of the usual viruses or bacteria that have been found," Wetterberg said. "They are more like something like the prion which is causing mad cow disease - but it took 15 years until it was found out what that really was."

I assume this article is talking about prions. I don't know why they don't just come out and say it.

Also, haven't we known about these things for some time? I remember learning about them in AP Biology in high school some ten years ago. Not exactly a "new form of life" as the article says. Besides, I seem to recall, there is much debate about whether prions are living at all. I mean, if you can quibble over whether viruses should be included in the traditional taxonomies with other life (as many scientists do), the case for prions ought to be even more dubious.

[Minutes]

This could be an entirely new form of life..... a symbiont? Dax... Deep Space Nine?.....never mind....