Robert Sapolsky - 2012 (modified host behaviour) Interview Toxoplasmosis

In this brief and most fascinating topic, Sapolsky comments on toxoplasmosis and reveals some startling research that suggests this parasite can not only invade your body but effects your decision making as a result.

As an analogy, it's not a struggle to relate to times when one simply could not help but pick at that zit, even though doing so would inflame it, rupture surrounding cell walls, and quite possibly result in a bigger outbreak. Try as one might, a persistent, unwanted thought would relentlessly pop into the mind. And the zit would be telling you the whole time not to worry, I'm one of those that you just pop, the system clears, all is well.

Instead what's really happened is a thought or feeling in your mind - arising from we know not where - that has convinced you to take the action most likely to spread the infection.
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ADVANCED CIVILIZATION Reference material - https://interestzine.com/modified-host-behavior/