A literal wetware virus, so to speak
Viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
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Re: Viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
Crazy hypothesis: What if it ain't that simple?
In what sense? The DNA or my Daddy? Because legit, my father was an acholohic and generally absent. It really fucked me up.
I'm sorry that happened to you. I can't speak for all bipolar alcoholics, but I sought treatment and now I've made amends with my son and we have a good relationship if that helps at all.
Re: Viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
#113Ohhhh, so it's this DNA thing and not the fact that my Daddy didn't love me?
Clearly making fun of my own situation struck a cord with folks. I'm sorry, that wasn't my intent.
I'm making light of my own situation. That's where I am in my own healing journey. This commnet is about me, my experiences, and my father. It is not a suggestion of what your father may have been like. If your father is great, great!
Re: Viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
In what sense? The DNA or my Daddy? Because legit, my father was an acholohic and generally absent. It really fucked me up.
I'm sorry that happened to you. I can't speak for all bipolar alcoholics, but I sought treatment and now I've made amends with my son and we have a good relationship if that helps at all.
That's really great. Not enough people pull themselves up, make amends, and do better. You're one of the good ones <3
Re: Viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
#115Homo sapien mother glaring at Cro-magnon husband: "He doesn't get it from my side of the family!"
Re: Viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm sorry that happened to you. I can't speak for all bipolar alcoholics, but I sought treatment and now I've made amends with my son and we have a good relationship if that helps at all.
That's really great. Not enough people pull themselves up, make amends, and do better. You're one of the good ones <3
I'm trying. Thanks and good luck.
Re: Viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
Men who were prone to alternative/extreme states of consciousness would have been better able to summon up the wild emotions necessary for savagery and violence, making them better fighters and hence giving them better mating prospects.
somehow I doubt that someone with depression/bipolar disorder would be the best candidate to be a warrior
A lot of famous entrepreneurs could have been bipolar. Steve Jobs is often discussed as one potential example.
Re: Viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
#118Ohhhh, so it's this DNA thing and not the fact that my Daddy didn't love me?
Clearly making fun of my own situation struck a cord with folks. I'm sorry, that wasn't my intent. I'm making light of my own situation. That's where I am in my own healing journey. This commnet is about me, my experiences, and my father. It is not a suggestion of what your father may have been like. If your father is great, great!
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Re: Viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
#119Amateur question: if we've retained these ostensibly dangerous or at least deleterious viral codes in our DNA, is there any reason why these virii don't serve a important evolutionary or remedial (maybe crisis) purpose?
Many important figures of history have had these traits. That isn’t to say that they are good in the whole, only that it is not obvious that they are something so maladaptive that they get trimmed from the evolutionary tree.
It’s only in the last 150 or so years that we expect all people to be Rational Economic Agents. If anything, I think /that/ is something that will get trimmed pretty quickly from the tree…
Re: Viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
#120Homo sapien mother glaring at Cro-magnon husband: "He doesn't get it from my side of the family!"
Cromagnons are Homo sapiens, though