By Dr. Mercola
By Dr. Mercola
The idea that emotions can travel between populations similar to outbreaks of disease is not new. More than 200 years ago, an epidemic of suicides occurred in Europe. Most of the victims had read a book titled “The Sorrows of Young Werther,” by Johann von Goethe, in which the hero commits suicide. To stop the wave of suicides, the book was banned in several areas, according to a study published in The Journal of Memetics, which continued:1
“During the two hundred years that have followed the publication and subsequent censorship of Goethe’s novel, social scientific …read more
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