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human
ELI5: why does eating human flesh lead to "the shakes"?

For the record - I'm not planning on any crazy dietary changes. I just watched The Book of Eli and it's mentioned repeatedly, I'm curious as to what the correlation is.
gpt
Kuru is a real life disease caused by a prion transmitted through consumption of infectious brain matter.

It was first noted in Papua New Guinea in the 1950s and 60s and has largely remained only in that area due to endocannibalistic practices. They eat their dead.

Eating the flesh of a person who wasn't infected with the disease isn't harmful. At least no more harmful than eating most other meats.