On 29 Mar, 01:32, MI5.Vic...@privacy.net wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:47:51 -0700 (PDT), Meta
> wrote:
>
> >Schizophrenia affects only 1% of the population, so one in every ten
> >people are affected by this disease. =A0A recent study that is being
> >done in collaboration. has found that rare and previously undetectable
> >genetic variations may increase a person's risk of developing
> >schizophrenia. =A0Some of these genes may be inherited, but others may
> >spontaneously occur during or near conception. =A0One mutation that they
> >discovered distorts a protien that is involved in guiding neurons to
> >their places during brain develpment. =A0Another mutation changes the
> >shape of a molecule that transports glutamate, a chemical that excites
> >neurons and is heavily involved in transmitting signals between brain
> >cells.
>
> One in every hundred actually. I also joined Mensa, so that makes me
> one in 10,000. (I left a long time ago to save money.) So in all of
> Clapham South I am probably the only nutter with a brain. No wonder
> everyone hates me.
>
> Mindcontrol, the real thing, probably affects less than ten people in
> the entire country, because the equipment is so specialised and costly
> (I presume). I presume the other nine are al Qaeda terrorists.
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She said 1% and you wrote as if to correct her by saying "one in every
hundred actually."
Absent minded?
It's always been thought that genius and insanity overlap.
I go for the 'nurture' explanation, and suggest you recover the
memories of your infancy, Mike. |