Post by Steve Gardner on May 22, 2008 9:07:11 GMT
I struggled to decide where to post this.
Does it belong in Other Conspiracies, since there is clearly a potentially sinister angle to this? Is it an extension of Project MK Ultra? Is the potential development of this drug a News story or does it belong in General chat.
In the end, I figured it's as much a Science issue as any, so I put it here.
As appreciative as I'm sure those suffering with social phobias will be of this 'cuddle chemical' (as it's referred to later in the article), the wider potential consequences are profound.
Source and full article: BBC
Does it belong in Other Conspiracies, since there is clearly a potentially sinister angle to this? Is it an extension of Project MK Ultra? Is the potential development of this drug a News story or does it belong in General chat.
In the end, I figured it's as much a Science issue as any, so I put it here.
As appreciative as I'm sure those suffering with social phobias will be of this 'cuddle chemical' (as it's referred to later in the article), the wider potential consequences are profound.
Source and full article: BBC
A nasal spray which increases our trust for strangers is showing promise as a treatment for social phobia, say scientists from Zurich University.
They found that people who inhaled the "love hormone" oxytocin continued to trust strangers with their money - even after they were betrayed.
