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Hugh Dupin

Cavities are contagious, what else?

Latest Post: September 9, 2011 at 9:38 PM

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Dental cavities have been found to be contagious. I have always suspected that. My grandmother claimed that stupidity was contagious.
There are many things in life that we don't think of as contagious, and in fact are often laughed at for thinking they are contagious, and yet they turn out to be. What else? Any ideas of what could be contagious besides diseases?

To my grandmother's claim of stupidity (as contagious) I would add smartness. Intelligence is definitely contagious and you can often get it if you know where to look (see can one choose to become a genius.)

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Linda OReilly

April 1, 2011 at 8:45 PM

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Excellent point, Hugh. You acquire things from the people you hang around with.
Bacteria,
good habits/ideas,
bad habits/ideas,
you read each others books and magazines &
browse each others favorite websites and games...
Grand mother was right.
Be careful about who you take into your life.

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Antonia Bening

April 14, 2011 at 1:48 PM

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There was a time when everyone around us got children. My daughter was about 10 at the time and she was convinced it was contagious. She made us all laugh by refusing to a have a boy she was good friends with come to her pajama party. We had to explain that babies don't just come from "sleeping together", but thinking of it now, it does seem that the "having babies" phenomena is contagious, or why do many people who influence each other have them at the same time?