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Mind-Altering Parasite May Make Infected People More Attractive, Study Suggests
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So it may actually be a mind-altering symbiote?
Scientifically it's called mutualism, and it happens all the time in nature, including in humans. The bacteria in your gut require you to live, and for you to live requires having those bacteria in your gut. And the bacteria in your gut effect your mind, including the decisions you make
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutualism_(biology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut_microbiota
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut%E2%80%93brain_axis
~~effect~~ affect
Sorry, I appreciate your post.
Thanks for the info but I purposely only ever use effect. The difference conveys no additional information, and it's already close to an archaic usage
"Affect" is nowhere close to an archaic usage, if that's what you mean. But of course you are welcome to spell it however you like.