Gene Found to Explain Repeated Mistakes

palegray.net writes "A December 6th article in Nature explores the relationship between a specific gene and those of us prone to repeatedly making the same mistakes. From the article: "Drug addicts, alcoholics and compulsive gamblers are known to be more likely than other people to have this genetic mutation ..." The gene results in the development of fewer D2 receptors in the brain, a condition which the study has shown leads to a lessened ability to learn from experience." So no complaining about dupes and typos: it's genetic!

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Politics explained

[El Yanqui]

Now I know why so many politicians get re-elected: Too few D2 receptors in the voting population.

Re:Now, for the most useful one

[QuickFox]

The gene that controls the impulse to tell others what to do, when it isn't necessary to tell them what to do. The 'busybody' gene.

Stop calling people names just because they tell you what to do. It's for your own good.

Re:Must be widespread....

[Adambomb]

Just look at the ad state of the World

Thats either quite clever or the most apt typo ever.

Re:Politics explained

[marcello_dl]

Now I know why people upgrade their windows installation.

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I guess this explains ...

[LaughingCoder]

why I keep coming back to Slashdot!

new category to moderate

[meta coder]

-D2 troll

Re:Just what we need

[QuickFox]

(e.g. overdiagnosis of ADD to include kids who are just undiscipled), [...] people who just don't want to try to get it right.

Which kind are you? Undiscipled? Or don't want to get it right?

Re:Just what we need

[abigor]

Right, well that's fair enough then.

Re:Human behavior is simple...

[Valdrax]

That didn't take a lot of thought. Too lazy to flesh it out?

Re:Just what we need

[bigpicture]

"Personal Responsibility" What's that? Is it in the dictionary somewhere between "blame personal circumstances or others" and "It's not my fault".

Re:Insanity

[Boronx]

That's a stupid definition.

Re:Insanity

[Boronx]

That's a stupid definition..