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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish36•5 months agoPedantry is always important! I would argue that ants would be selected over humans by both mass and population
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•5 months agoAh, I was thinking of this xkcd but it’s land mammals only!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•5 months agoI did some low-effort Googling and now I’m seeing that maybe some sea critters like krill have the highest non-bacteria biomass. Either way, none of these are beetles!
minus-square@bazus1linkEnglish3•5 months agoThe world truly belongs to bacteria, and we’re just along for the ride.
minus-square@HeyThisIsntTheYMCAlinkEnglish2•5 months agoI’m considering the hovertext and I consider the pounds of bacteria in me to be Me. How are we dividing this out?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoYou’ll have to have a referendum, consulting each bacterium and asking if they identify as part of the collective known as “you” or as an independent organism
minus-square@HeyThisIsntTheYMCAlinkEnglish3•5 months agoI am no anarcho-syndicalist commune a watery bint lobbed a scimitar at me
minus-square@AnUnusualReliclinkEnglish2•edit-25 months agoDo the bacteria in you consider you to be one of them (so to speak), or are you just a cruise ship?
Pedantry is always important! I would argue that ants would be selected over humans by both mass and population
Ah, I was thinking of this xkcd but it’s land mammals only!
I did some low-effort Googling and now I’m seeing that maybe some sea critters like krill have the highest non-bacteria biomass.
Either way, none of these are beetles!
The world truly belongs to bacteria, and we’re just along for the ride.
I’m considering the hovertext and I consider the pounds of bacteria in me to be Me. How are we dividing this out?
You’ll have to have a referendum, consulting each bacterium and asking if they identify as part of the collective known as “you” or as an independent organism
I am no anarcho-syndicalist commune a watery bint lobbed a scimitar at me
Do the bacteria in you consider you to be one of them (so to speak), or are you just a cruise ship?
I do have a few swimming pools