After many wonderful suggestions, I found my inspiration for this post on an ABC documentary of all places.
"Do we have full control of our own minds?"
Some scientists have been studying a special parasite that lives in rats and posseses a unique ability: mind control. In order for it to complete its life cycle, it needs to live in a rat, be transferred to a cat, and back to a rat again. Now this is no easy task considering that rats are terrified of cats. So, this parasite burrows into the animals brain, and changes its chemistry somehow, altering its views of cats. An unaffected rat will flee from a cat, but an infected rat will actually run towards a cat. Once infected in the brain, the rat can never truly rid itself of this parasite.
This then posses the question of, what happens if a person gets this parasite? Numerous tests have been conducted and apparently, in the United States alone, approximately 35% of the population tested positive for this parasite. Could this explain the crazy cat ladies?
Does this mean that no one actually likes cats, and that anyone who does is being mind-controlled? It also poses the question, what else do we do that is out of our control? It is a difficult idea to discuss, as people will tend to relinquish blame and put it onto "I could not control myself!" But it does make one wonder, what if the government has already harnessed this parasites abilities, and if not, how long will it be before they do?
The sad truth is, we really have no choice. If we choose to be paranoid and believe that the governement wants to control our minds, we will all end up living completely isolated and going insane anyway! And even if we did discover that we are being controlled, most people would use that excuse as a total cop-out! Our only real option is to carefully follow society, keep our eyes open... and stay away from cats!
If you find yourself liking cats for no reason or suspect that you may have been brainwashed, let me know!
-T.J.
It appears that we have all been programmed to ignore the subject of mind control !!
ReplyDeleteTHEY don't want us to talk about the possibility that we are not in control of some of our actions or decisions. It is much easier for THEM if we stay in the dark & just conform to THEIR wishes.
The idea that rats can make us like cats makes sense. If we look after the cats & feed them well then they won't be interested in chasing rats & mice.