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AI Summary
- Prion diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease were discovered through epidemiological investigation of kuru in Papua New Guinea cannibalistic practices
- Philosophical critiques challenge Sapolsky's determinism framework by questioning whether neuroscience fully explains human agency and consciousness
- Prions represent unique infectious agents that propagate disease through protein misfolding rather than genetic material
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Prion Diseases
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