Re: OT: This is totally creepy

2011-03-14 Thread Igor Roshchin
Once you think about the role of the micro-organisms (bacteria, virri) in our body, you can realize that humans are micro-organisms-controlled robots. And illness is just an intense fight between different groups of those micro-organisms. Ever since I realized that a few years ago, I've been

Re: OT: This is totally creepy

2011-03-14 Thread Charles Robinson
On Mar 14, 2011, at 13:58, Igor Roshchin wrote: Once you think about the role of the micro-organisms (bacteria, virri) in our body, you can realize that humans are micro-organisms-controlled robots. And illness is just an intense fight between different groups of those micro-organisms.

Re: OT: This is totally creepy

2011-03-14 Thread DagT
I did read a sci fi story about that once. A writer was writing his last words. For years he had believed that insects were the manifestation of evil in the world, but then he found out that even insects could get sick, so he shifted his attention toward bacteria. From tham moment his body

Re: OT: This is totally creepy

2011-03-13 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:12 AM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.livescience.com/5631-zombie-ants-controlled-fungus.html -- William Robb I'd hate to see your favorites list.:-) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: This is totally creepy

2011-03-13 Thread P. J. Alling
That is certainly something you shouldn't contemplate. On 3/13/2011 7:12 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:12 AM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.livescience.com/5631-zombie-ants-controlled-fungus.html -- William Robb I'd hate to see your

Re: OT: This is totally creepy

2011-03-13 Thread AlunFoto
Interesting. Not the only parasite that invades ant brains, though. Consider the Lancet Liver Fluke that infects sheep and other grazing livestock. It has a small ant as intermediate host, which is manipulated into walking away from its colony and clutch itself to the top of a straw. This increase

OT: This is totally creepy

2011-03-12 Thread William Robb
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