I read this wonderful bitty in the local paper this morning, Geneticist removes gene, creates daredevil mice. (Links to Seattle Times.) A Rutgers University geneticist apparently blocked the production of protein from a gene called stathmin, which is linked to the creation of long-term fear patterns. My inner-geek took off running with that one.
What if that gene was removed in developers? For one thing, I wouldn't be such a chickenshit about migrating my development servers from VS2005 Beta2-to-RTM. That deed would have been done! Heck, you can forget about any lame conversations about migrating from VS2003 to VS2005. Let's talk Vista, baby!
No, one thing developers who maintain a stable, trouble-free environment for their users can tell you, fear is a good thing. If you hear me talking about moving to Vista anytime soon, you'll know someone slipped a stathmin protein suppresser in my Budweiser.