Oh wait, I’m none of those things. But, according to James Watson, yep Nobel prize winning Watson, I should be.
The story is in today’s SF Chronicle
Some exerpts.
Witnesses were flabbergasted when the 72-year-old discoverer of the double helix suggested there was a biochemical link between exposure to sunlight and sexual urges. That's why you have Latin lovers,'' Watson said. You’ve never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.’’
…Watson showed a slide of sad-faced model Kate Moss to support his contention that thin people are unhappy and therefore more ambitious.
Botchan, who presided over the session, said Watson was merely trying to call attention to a protein (pom-C) that helps create several different hormones: One determines skin color (melanin); another enhances a sense of well-being (beta endorphins); and the third plays a role in fat metabolism (leptin).
Watson…started off describing an experiment by scientists at the University of Arizona, who injected male patients with an extract of melanin. They intended to test whether they could chemically darken the men’s skin as a skin cancer protection, only to observe an unusual side effect – the men developed sustained and unprovoked erections.
… Watson showed slides of women in bikinis and contrasted them to veiled Muslim women, to suggest that controlling exposure to sun may suppress sexual desire and vice versa.
The bad news, said Watson, is that thin people are more ambitious and therefore make better workers. On the other hand, fat people may be more sexual, Watson told the assembly, because their bloodstreams contain higher levels of leptin, one of the hormones derived from pom-C. He used a slide of a Reubens painting to illustrate the assertion.
Discuss…Any one have any thoughts, evidence, one way or the other? BTW, there is slightly more info in the link
I can WAG that might be why these New England women seem so much less “friendly” than the ones back west. Plus why over population problems are more common near the equator.
And all this time, I thought this was to provoke or avoid a sexual response from the men who were looking at them, not to control the desire levels of the women. Huh. I guess all those darned Muslims must have it backwards.
Dear god man, I hope this is ment in jest. Over population isn’t more common near the equator. It’s more common in agricultural, poorer areas, which frequently happen to be near the equator. As soon as people become urbanized and more middle class, the ammount of children drops. I’m not even going to touch the New England one. oooh no.
Er, but no, I wasn’t kidding, only WAGging. Arf! How many countries on the equator don’t have these problems, and vice versa? There seems to be more than a casual relationship there. But I won’t stick around to defend this one!
Let’s see…I’m about 15 pounds underweight and usually horny. I grew up in southern Ontario Canada, and neither condition has changed since moving to southern California.
I’m mostly happy, and yet almost completely unambitious (regarding myself, that is). Oh! And I have pale yellowish skin (I tan amazingly, and don’t burn).
Well, there you go again woth that ‘thin’ thing. And what’s wrong with curvy?
BTW, if you include the full effect of the weed, it would be: Horny, Hungry then Sleepy. (A new set of names for the first three dwarfs?)
Tracer, Porn-C would be something really wretched, as in C-grade porn?
Weed doesn’t neccesary make you horny but it definately enhances sex- thin people are just as horny- people on the west coast are definately nicer- not so bitter- I live in Arizona so I can tesify to the fact that living in a warmer climate leads to several situations- it’s hot- we wear less clothes- you have to be skinny- you can’t hide fat under layers of clothing- also people don’t hibernate at home for five months out of a year- we are constanly out and about- meeting others- the lifestyle is great-
