Comments on: The Human Lake http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/03/31/the-human-lake/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Writing: How Long Does This Need To Be? | Communication Breakdown http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/03/31/the-human-lake/#comment-16078 Writing: How Long Does This Need To Be? | Communication Breakdown Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:57:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4272#comment-16078 [...] of length. If your writing IS engaging, people will read it whether it’s 500 words long or much, much longer. And content, in my opinion, is [...] [...] of length. If your writing IS engaging, people will read it whether it’s 500 words long or much, much longer. And content, in my opinion, is [...]

]]> By: Health, because no other time is NOW. Everybody Everybody! Yeah. It’s real :) « Concise Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/03/31/the-human-lake/#comment-16077 Health, because no other time is NOW. Everybody Everybody! Yeah. It’s real :) « Concise Magazine Sat, 19 May 2012 02:20:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4272#comment-16077 [...] The Human Lake | The Loom | Discover Magazine [...] [...] The Human Lake | The Loom | Discover Magazine [...]

]]> By: Rafael Science http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/03/31/the-human-lake/#comment-16076 Rafael Science Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:15:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4272#comment-16076 One of the best post of evolution have read One of the best post of evolution have read

]]> By: The “Three feet of getting ‘arrh’” Daily Quinn « The Daily Quinn http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/03/31/the-human-lake/#comment-16075 The “Three feet of getting ‘arrh’” Daily Quinn « The Daily Quinn Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:25:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4272#comment-16075 [...] Whoaaaa postlude: Your bodies are like a lake. [...] [...] Whoaaaa postlude: Your bodies are like a lake. [...]

]]> By: Links – January 28, 2012 | zota http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/03/31/the-human-lake/#comment-16074 Links – January 28, 2012 | zota Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:27:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4272#comment-16074 [...] The Human Lake | The Loom | Discover Magazine [...] [...] The Human Lake | The Loom | Discover Magazine [...]

]]> By: The Fox Is Black » Microbiology: It’s Pretty! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/03/31/the-human-lake/#comment-16073 The Fox Is Black » Microbiology: It’s Pretty! Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:57:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4272#comment-16073 [...] note: Related but different, here’s a great piece on the micro bacteria which lives on the human body, and how they outnumber your cells by ten to one / Found via [...] [...] note: Related but different, here’s a great piece on the micro bacteria which lives on the human body, and how they outnumber your cells by ten to one / Found via [...]

]]> By: Programmed to be fat? - Sherdog Mixed Martial Arts Forums http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/03/31/the-human-lake/#comment-16072 Programmed to be fat? - Sherdog Mixed Martial Arts Forums Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:08:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4272#comment-16072 [...] The Human Lake | The Loom | Discover Magazine __________________ Face the monkeys that are biting at your feet. [...] [...] The Human Lake | The Loom | Discover Magazine __________________ Face the monkeys that are biting at your feet. [...]

]]> By: What complex beasts, we! « Rturpin's Blog http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/03/31/the-human-lake/#comment-16071 What complex beasts, we! « Rturpin's Blog Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:28:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4272#comment-16071 [...] determine our shape, mold our personality, and prefigure our health? Carl Zimmer’s post on the human lake is well worth the [...] [...] determine our shape, mold our personality, and prefigure our health? Carl Zimmer’s post on the human lake is well worth the [...]

]]> By: a microbial life… | pindanpost http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/03/31/the-human-lake/#comment-16070 a microbial life… | pindanpost Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:22:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4272#comment-16070 [...] ECOLOGY: The Microbes In Your Body. “This sort of diversity is made possible thanks in part to the vast number of ecological niches [...] [...] ECOLOGY: The Microbes In Your Body. “This sort of diversity is made possible thanks in part to the vast number of ecological niches [...]

]]> By: PacRim Jim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/03/31/the-human-lake/#comment-16069 PacRim Jim Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:48:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4272#comment-16069 In <i>The Selfish Gene</i>, Dawkins asserts that humans exist simply to perpetuate their genes. Could it be abstracted one level further: Human genes exist simply to provide ecological niches for bacteria? We humans have assumed that we have evolved beyond bacteria, but could it be that, after all, it is they who are the puppet masters? After all, they have been around much longer that us. Perhaps when we fear aliens, we should look down, not up. In The Selfish Gene, Dawkins asserts that humans exist simply to perpetuate their genes.
Could it be abstracted one level further: Human genes exist simply to provide ecological niches for bacteria?
We humans have assumed that we have evolved beyond bacteria, but could it be that, after all, it is they who are the puppet masters?
After all, they have been around much longer that us. Perhaps when we fear aliens, we should look down, not up.

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