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People vs Algorithms

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The Blue Check Is Like the Cat Mind Virus

There was a hypothesis that some cat bacteria might infect people's brain, cortisol. And potentially might have been the start of wars in ancient times where people would just become kind of infected and much more prone to- You turn into Jason Calico. It's terrifying. I think it happened to my neighbor. That was actually the last thing that freaked me out, finding out. What I'm thinking is if people keep talking about a virus that very obviously doesn't exist, could they be infected by a virus?

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