This parasite could be making people more extroverted — and they exhibit an increased tolerance for risk. .
a professor of entrepreneurship at Madrid’s IE Business School, and colleagues examined the medical and professional histories of 74,291 Danish women, they discovered that those infected with the parasitewere, on average, 29% more likely than others to have founded a start-up, 27% more likely to have founded multiple ventures, and more than twice as likely to have founded their businesses alone.
Ah, the “crazy cat lady” stereotype! I highly doubt it. It’s true that TG reproduces only in feline intestines, making cats the ultimate hosts. But contrary to what many people believe, TG infections in humans don’t come very often from indoor cats. They’re more likely to come from consuming undercooked meat, unpasteurized dairy products, or unwashed vegetables, and occasionally they arise from exposure to feral cats or domestic cats that have been exposed to infected rodents.
Our new study builds on that research but on a much larger scale. TG causes serious illness in the immunocompromised and can even be fatal. In many countries, including Denmark, pregnant women are tested for it because acute TG infection during pregnancy can cause very serious birth defects.
Could your findings be useful to venture capitalists when they’re sizing up possible investment targets? Maybe they could ask entrepreneurs to test for TG infection as a potential funding screen—a positive result being desirable from their point of view.
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