> > >> * bias -> Schrodinger's experiment > > Pavdinger's dog -> May or may not drool when box is opened > > Schroelov's cat -> Sleeps if bell is rung, or not > > * cat allergy -> cruel joke of nature > No joke: cat 'worship' -> toxoplasmosis Sometimes. Maybe. Not the only cause and possibly not a cause. Jury still out. Immense, interesting and possibly worrying subject. May not worry you if you have "toxo" :-) About 30% of all people do, worldwide. It 'programs' rats to 'like' cats, all the better to be eaten by them. Thereby completing the cat-rat-cat- toxo cycle ready to start again. Actively targets a specific area in rat brains and isolates itself only there and then unquestionably "takes over" rat behaviour to its advantage. Also actively targets a specific area in human brains and isolates itself there. No certain or proven effect. Yet. "What could go wrong"? :-) Some claim that numerous human traits are tied to having toxo infection. Seemed to match me well enough that I recently checked. I do not have it and apparently never have had. Just comes naturally to me I guess. (Effects resemble having "engineer gene). Interesting. Russell --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .