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    Sickness behaviour – useful concept or psycho-humbug?

    You say that like it’s a bad thing! :D
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    Sickness behaviour – useful concept or psycho-humbug?

    Thanks @Woolie . Maybe we need a forum for book recommendations!
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    Sickness behaviour – useful concept or psycho-humbug?

    It’s either true or anthropomorphism. http://www.newsweek.com/female-dragon-flies-fake-death-avoid-sex-evolution-591494 Rather timely given all that’s going on with the news!
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    Sickness behaviour – useful concept or psycho-humbug?

    Wow, I didn’t know that! :thumbup: Now my mind has really exploded! Edit. I meant what @Woolie said. I cross posted with @Mij. I also didn’t know about dragonflies but I’d like to see the proof. Did anyone ask them? :jawdrop:
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    Sickness behaviour – useful concept or psycho-humbug?

    Wow! I feel like I'm in the middle of reading Oliver Sacks or watching Monty Python, two of my favorite intellectual pastimes! What’s rather interesting/confusing is how we sometimes ascribe human qualities to animals. Can’t think of the word. Does this mean we are as clueless of them as the...
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    Sickness behaviour – useful concept or psycho-humbug?

    In all honesty, I can /will not take anything written by Morris and Maes with more than a grain of salt or a hodgepodge of lifted ideas thought of first by someone else. My statement is a negative against them and not others who, like so many of us, including myself, have for a very brief...
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    Sickness behaviour – useful concept or psycho-humbug?

    I’ve always thought “sickness behavior” is an involuntary survival behavior, but it’s that damn word behavior that causes confusion. If it were voluntary, that would be more like an act of will. But maybe there’s a small part of AOW. Quite an interesting topic. @Jonathan Edwards what say ye?
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    Article: Why I injected myself with an untested gene therapy (BBC news about biohacking)

    At first read, I thought Chihuahua cells were being implanted in the kid or the Chihuahua was getting injected. I probably should have put this in the Classic ME Moments or Misheard/Misread forum, but I couldn’t be bothered. :D
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    How to Read and Understand a Scientific Paper: A Step-by-Step Guide for Non-Scientists

    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-raff/how-to-read-and-understand-a-scientific-paper_b_5501628.html
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