Most of the cells in your body are not your own, nor are they even human. They are bacterial. From the invisible strands of fungi waiting to sprout between our toes, to the kilogram of bacterial matter in our guts, we are best viewed as walking “superorganisms,” highly complex conglomerations of human, fungal, bacterial and viral cells. — Rowan Hooper —People Are Human-Bacteria Hybrid (Wired)
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Miticlorians, anyone?
Recommended reading – _Blood_Music_ by Greg Bear. Plot summary – what happens if cells can exhibit consciousness at the cellular level?
Joshua Sasmor