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  1. Cuttlefish says

    Daniel Dennett is re-writing the opening to “Breaking The Spell” even as we speak.

    Yes, things get into our heads and make us act in ways that benefit them rather than ourselves. Like patriotism, religion, Libertarianism, and Spirometra erinaceieuropaei.

    Never been happier to be a cephalopod.

  2. some bastard on the internet says

    You aren’t trying to eat dinner right now, are you?

    Well… not at this moment, which is about 60 seconds after seeing that picture.

  3. chigau (違う) says

    So is it “an inordinate fondness for beetles”
    or
    “an inordinate fondness for brain-eating-…um …whatevers”

  4. mikehuben says

    That is a picture of an adult stage: I wouldn’t think you’d find an adult stage in a brain. I’ve never read about adult stages of tapeworms outside of digestive systems.

    But I suppose larval stages wouldn’t look as hideously exciting.

  5. says

    That is a picture of an adult stage: I wouldn’t think you’d find an adult stage in a brain. I’ve never read about adult stages of tapeworms outside of digestive systems.

    Right, it’s the larval form that winds up in people’s brains. And by accident too; it’s not part of their life cycle and humans aren’t the intended host.

  6. johnlee says

    ‘All things bright and beautiful,
    All creatures great and small,
    All things wise and wonderful,
    The Lord God made them all.’
    You’ve got to admire his sense of humour.