While I find this discovery interesting, what is even more interesting is the author's attempt to draw what would seem to be an utterly erroneous analogy here: "Experts believe this basic microbe existed in a kind of cluster, with each cell hosting individual life but effectively living, working, and communicating as a single entity. The bundle has been compared to a small human society."
Allow me to highlight the egregious section: "...but effectively living, working, and communicating as a single entity."
How.in.Holy.Hannah's.name.is that ANYTHING like a "small human society." I'm sorry, have you met humans? The only thing we do collectively well is bicker and compete. We are not a bee-hive, nor an ant hill, and we have never operated as a single entity on any scale - except in cult classic horror films like "Children of the Corn."
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blkendrick 11 years ago
While I find this discovery interesting, what is even more interesting is the author's attempt to draw what would seem to be an utterly erroneous analogy here:
"Experts believe this basic microbe existed in a kind of cluster, with each cell hosting individual life but effectively living, working, and communicating as a single entity. The bundle has been compared to a small human society."
Allow me to highlight the egregious section: "...but effectively living, working, and communicating as a single entity."
How.in.Holy.Hannah's.name.is that ANYTHING like a "small human society." I'm sorry, have you met humans? The only thing we do collectively well is bicker and compete. We are not a bee-hive, nor an ant hill, and we have never operated as a single entity on any scale - except in cult classic horror films like "Children of the Corn."
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