Our
DNA contains roughly 100,000 pieces of viral DNA. Altogether, they
make up about 8 percent of the human genome.
— NYT:
Ancient
Viruses Are Buried in Your DNA (Paywall)
Our whole worldview is antibacterial. They’re out there. Shoot to kill. Build a wall! Which makes perfect sense for the tiny percentage of microbes that make us sick, but misses the vast majority that make us what we are. — NYT: Human Cells Make Up Only Half Our Bodies. A New Book Explains Why. (Paywall)
Our whole worldview is antibacterial. They’re out there. Shoot to kill. Build a wall! Which makes perfect sense for the tiny percentage of microbes that make us sick, but misses the vast majority that make us what we are. — NYT: Human Cells Make Up Only Half Our Bodies. A New Book Explains Why. (Paywall)
While
these may be
fake news distorts,
what
if there's something
to
these reports?
If
we contain multitudes,
some
good, some bad...
they better speak ENGLISH,
I
hasten to add.
If we're
conglomerated
with
oodles of “ick”...
Don't
know about you?
Me,
I feel sick.
Far
be it from me
to
make a big fuss
but
this raises the question
are
we really us?
With
these different thingies
making
us whole,
ya just gotta wonder
who's in control?
Could
the free will
that
defines you and me
be down to the whims
of
an amoeboid committee?