[ekaryotic]

A healthy person could surely resist, but consider something like toxoplasmosis gondii that is known to modify mouse behaviour to make them more likely to be eaten by cats. couldn't it be possible that the malnourished would be susceptible to rhythmic manipulation.

[mvncleaninst]

> Looking at humans, studies using the Cattell's 16 Personality Factor questionnaire found that infected men scored lower on Factor G (superego strength/rule consciousness) and higher on Factor L (vigilance) while the opposite pattern was observed for infected women.[99] Such men were more likely to disregard rules and were more expedient, suspicious, and jealous.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii

There's a bunch of literature about this gondii thing. A lot of it sounds like bait for pop psych articles

[metadaemon]

I don’t think I could resist, I love dancing more than a lot of things.

[maskedinvader]

Sure, but I’d imagine if you’re healthy and strong minded, you’d stop when you’re tired or hungry or something. I guess I’ll be more convinced if someone figures out the mechanism of action at play here the explains this dancing plague.