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TheDovahofSkyrim t1_j72dmts wrote

The older I’ve gotten + new scientific discoveries, the more I’ve realized microbes seem to actually control everything that takes place on earth.

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joshedis t1_j72xv0m wrote

They really are the invisible foundation that all life rests on.

There is something like 10 Quintillion insects across the world that provide the baseline for most other higher creatures to survive in the food chain.

But without the unfathomable sea of microbes on and in almost every surface and organism life has no foundation.

It's both beautiful and creepy at the same time. Especially as we find out that signals from our gut microbiome influence our thoughts; how much are we really in control in the grand scheme of life and how much is the whims of natural process.

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leonra28 t1_j757fun wrote

My thoughts and mood change vastly with certain foods.

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grixit t1_j762jln wrote

Stephen J Gould said that the Age of Bacteria started billions of years ago and we are still in it.

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