Why you buy too many Magic cards

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4101931.stm

People who hoard apparently useless items may be able to blame an area of their
brain, say US researchers.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not
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"Jeff Boes" <jboes@qtm.net> wrote in message
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4101931.stm
>
> People who hoard apparently useless items may be able to blame an area of
> their
> brain, say US researchers.

After having quickly scanned through the article, it is imperative to
remember a few things quotes:

People who hoard apparently **USELESS** items may be able to blame an area
of their brain, say US researchers.

But some people with OCD have a compulsion to hoard things, ***WHICH IS
WELL ABOVE AND BEYOND THE AVID INTEREST OF AN AVERAGE STAMP COLLECTOR***.

Hoarding was defined as abnormal if it was extensive, the squirreled items
were ***NOT USEFUL OR AESTHETIC*** and the individual was unwilling to
discard any of their collection.

A stamp collector will go after rare and valuable stamps. A hoarder will
even go after a one-cent stamp on a letter received in the last few days.

Erich