Alzabo elixir not so far-fetched?

Gerry Quinn · 14 Jul 2013, 14:06 · from 2013-July.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:06:32 +0100
Subject: (urth) Alzabo elixir not so far-fetched?
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From: David Stockhoff

> I assume the connection would be that memories traditionally considered to 
> be stored on the brain were in this case stored elsewhere in the body. 
> That seems to be a key Wolfean conceit and one presumably necessary for 
> the alzabo effect, unless the animal always eats the brain before it 
> mimics its dead prey. However, there may be other ways to explain this 
> behavior in planaria.

Exactly.  You can't predict alien super-science without joining the dots a 
bit!

- Gerry Quinn

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