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    Cocaine Makes You Altruistic, Say Scientists

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    12/23/08

    In reply to Cocaine Makes You Altruistic, Say Scientists
    So the bees are exaggerating the goodness of something while high? And dancing a lot?


    Thanks, researcher from the late 70's - early 80's!

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    12/23/08

    In reply to Cocaine Makes You Altruistic, Say Scientists
    So the guy who broke into my apartment and stole my laptop only had my best interest at heart?


    Makes perfect sense.

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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12/23/08

    @zenpoet: He was so altruistic that he was helping *you* share.
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    12/31/08

    @Annalee Newitz: Awfully nice of the guy, now that I think about it.
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    12/23/08

    In reply to Cocaine Makes You Altruistic, Say Scientists
    Sure it makes them want to dance but then they never SHUT UP.
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    Image of thrashanddestroy thrashanddestroy
    12/23/08

    In reply to Cocaine Makes You Altruistic, Say Scientists
    Cocaine makes us nicer and giving? I don't buy it, explain that to me again next time you see some coke-addict wrestling with three cops and shrugging off a taser on the nightly news.
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    12/23/08

    @thrashanddestroy: I have never seen a cokehead shrug off a taser. Are you sure you're not thinking of a guy on PCP?
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    12/23/08

    In reply to Cocaine Makes You Altruistic, Say Scientists
    Wait, wait, wait. Doesn't cocaine make you think that everything is FUCKING AWESOME?


    How do we know that the bees just aren't thinking that every flower they find is completely FUCKING AWESOME, and then have to tell the rest of the hive about it?


    I mean, how do we know that this causes a direct behavior change, and not a perceptual change that leads to a behavioral change?

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    Image of Moff Moff
    12/23/08

    @braak: The only way we'll know for sure is if we test it ourselves.
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    12/23/08

    @Moff: I PROPOSE SCIENCE! We shall write a grant:


    How does cocaine effect two guys who are dressed like bees? The only way to know is via experiment, funded by the National Science Foundation and a grant from Columbia University.


    Let's get to it.

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    12/23/08

    @braak: We'll need some cash, so we have something to be altruistic with but definitely not spend on strippers.
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    12/23/08

    @Moff: Wait...what if we spent it on strippers for each other?!?!?!?
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    12/23/08

    @braak: this is just more fodder for "The Adventures Of Moff and Braak" I pitched months ago.
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    12/23/08

    @Meredith Woerner:


    "Last week, on Braak and Moff: Braak and Moff are inspired by bees, and decide to switch from pot to cocaine and strippers. This week, watch them navigate America's dysfunctional over-crowded prison system!"

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    12/23/08

    @Meredith Woerner: Thank you for remembering that it's "Moff and Braak," not the other, stupider way around.


    @braak: Aw, we'd never get caught. We're way to smart.

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    12/23/08

    @braak: when should we expect to see SHARK EYES vs. FUCKING AWESOME FLOWER on scifi?
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    12/23/08

    In reply to Cocaine Makes You Altruistic, Say Scientists
    So cocaine makes you want to share? Could explain why needle sharing is a problem.
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    Image of The_Sporean_Bob The_Sporean_Bob
    12/23/08

    @SWAK_GitEmSteveDave loves->★: Cocaine , a stimulant, is administered through snorting up the nostrils. Crack, a stimulant refined from Cocaine, is taken by inspiring it into the lungs. Heroin, which is not a stimulant IIRC, but which is an opiate, can be taken orally, or using needles. So, Cocaine wouldn't make needle sharing a problem, unless other recreational drugs were being used...
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    12/23/08

    @The_Sporean_Bob: [en.wikipedia.org]
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