NEWS: 'Trust drug' dissolves suspicion
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How bizarre. This changes everything. I don’t trust you anymore. -John
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On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 nilk…@invalid.com.au wrote: (snip) : :The University of Zurich investigators were intrigued by :previous findings that lab mammals which had been given 
xytocin became far less cautious about striking up :affiliations with each other. Interesting, but not ready for commerical use yet. It should be mixed with a "cocktail" of other ingredients like pheromones and Zoloft. 
:In addition, levels of this hormone are said to be higher :amongst people who say they are in love. Putting the cart before the horse. You have to BE in love before the hormone can increase… — "…George and I are complete opposites – I’m quiet, he’s talkative; I’m introverted, he’s extroverted. I can pronounce ‘nuclear.’ " - Laura Bush at White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, April 30 2005 http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-05-01-laura-bush-comments_x.htm
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—–BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE—– Hash: SHA1 In article <20050605183049.B71…@alii.inets.com> Lonely God <Delldude@^gatewaydaemon^.org> wrote: >On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 nilk…@invalid.com.au wrote: >>In addition, levels of this hormone are said to be higher amongst >>people who say they are in love. >Putting the cart before the horse. You have to BE in love before the >hormone can increase…
True, it’s a bit of cargu cult thinking. Still, if you have no other options and don’t understand the whole process anyway, you might as well build a runway and see if the planes come. – — There is a lot of food in a supermarket, too, but a supermarket isn’t the best place to hold a dinner party. — Christopher Faylor —–BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE—– Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFCpE+m/FmLrNfLpjMRAgFTAJ4iEJfrlyKfALoi7HGBW8GvY3VdtgCdFgtW KNl/MnPipOM60DQ0s141pUw= =pOf0 —–END PGP SIGNATURE—–
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -nilk…@invalid.com.au wrote: > ‘Trust drug’ dissolves suspicion > AFP > June 02, 2005 > [extracts] > A SWISS research team has discovered that a natural hormone > which helps new mothers to breast-feed is also a "trust > drug" that dramatically lowers the threshold of suspicion. > The hormone, called oxytocin, acts like a cerebral switch, > they believe. > In both men and women it turns on neural networks that > govern emotions, particular those of trust and social > attachment. > The University of Zurich investigators were intrigued by > previous findings that lab mammals which had been given > oxytocin became far less cautious about striking up > affiliations with each other. > ——- > In animal research, oxytocin has been previously associated > with pair bonding. For instance, virgin sheep injected with > the hormone showed maternal behaviour towards foreign lambs. > In addition, levels of this hormone are said to be higher > amongst people who say they are in love. > This latest research, though, provides some striking > clinical evidence as to how the hormone may work in the > creation of trust. > The study appears on Thursday in Nature, the British science > weekly, where lead author Ernst Fehr says the findings could > one day help unlock pharmaceutical cures for people who have > a genetic illness which cripples them when it comes to > social interaction. > But, he admits: "This finding could be misused to induce > trusting behaviours that selfish actors subsequently > exploit." > [more at] > http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,1548447… > ================ > Regards, > "Nilkids"
nice one for posting this… I immediately thought of "this place" and the people here, when I read about this in the press. oxytocin all round I think 
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