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Sometimes I wonder if we're just giant machines built by microorganisms. It would certainly make an interesting story, along the idea of a robot discovering they were made by somebody else, which I believe has already been explored
Yes, but with a twist: this giant machine worries about its future, its kids, its wealth, its financial assets.
Sometimes I wonder if we're just giant machines built by microorganisms. It would certainly make an interesting story, along the idea of a robot discovering they were made by somebody else, which I believe has already been explored
> Animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. An extremely yang solution to a peculiar problem which they faced. (Terence McKenna)
Sometimes I wonder if we're just giant machines built by microorganisms. It would certainly make an interesting story, along the idea of a robot discovering they were made by somebody else, which I believe has already been explored
In a sense that’s very true. However the biggest wrinkle is that most of your cells share a single common ancestor cell. If your body is a community of microbes, it’s mostly a village of close relatives, not a symbiote like coral.
For example: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-43674270 "More than half your body is not human"
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Yes, but with a twist: this giant machine worries about its future, its kids, its wealth, its financial assets.
Or tricked into worrying about that as a control signal to perform its main task in service of its microorganism operators ;)
In this context, species conflict is like fleets of world-ships fighting total war.
Sometimes I wonder if we're just giant machines built by microorganisms. It would certainly make an interesting story, along the idea of a robot discovering they were made by somebody else, which I believe has already been explored
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, but with a twist: this giant machine worries about its future, its kids, its wealth, its financial assets.
Or tricked into worrying about that as a control signal to perform its main task in service of its microorganism operators ;)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
In a sense that’s very true. However the biggest wrinkle is that most of your cells share a single common ancestor cell. If your body is a community of microbes, it’s mostly a village of close relatives, not a symbiote like coral.
Ah, I heard quite differently when including microbiome. For example: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-43674270 "More than half your body is not human"
AFAIK fungi are extremely hard to get rid of. This is not a great news.