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Inventions: “For Themselves” Love Drug

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  • Posted: October 5, 2009 at 9:05 am

Some truly terrible people end up getting treated really well just because they are, quote-unquote, attractive. It’s unfair, and linguist John McWhorter’s new love drug would fix that situation. A GOOD Inventions video.

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DISCUSSION: 2 Comments
    • Posted by: JuliaOsovskaya
    • on October 5, 2009 at 9:59 am

    Haha, what a good video!

    • Posted by: Moebius
    • on October 5, 2009 at 11:11 am

    I wish this were true also, but you are talking about undoing biology here.  I think it’s called natural selection…

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