An interesting article from the Salk Institute shows that having certain gene variants can provide you with the following abilities:
- Enhanced drive to greet and interact with strangers
- Enhanced ability to remember names and faces
- Eagerness to please others, and empathy with others' emotions
- Unusually adept language skills
So far, studies have focused on children with Williams Syndrome, which is so extreme that those children suffer from mild mental retardation. But a milder form would certainly be desirable to most people. Pharmaceutical companies should isolate the target, and create a new hyper-sociability drug, a guaranteed best seller, to be sure.
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