x4740N@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 22 hours agoWhat are some gross or disgusting facts about the human body that people aren't aware of?message-squaremessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down13
arrow-up187arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some gross or disgusting facts about the human body that people aren't aware of?x4740N@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 22 hours agomessage-square117fedilink
minus-squarejoe_archer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down2·19 hours agoThere are more cells in your body that aren’t you, than are. The count of bacterial cells in your gut, on your skin etc is higher than the number of your own cells.
minus-squareDamarus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 hours agoThey aren’t me genetically, but I still need them to live. So really I still feel that it’s a part of me.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7·15 hours agoThis is one of the scientific plot holes in The Fly. Or at least the 1980s version. The head-swap version has other problems.
minus-squaretheherk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·17 hours agoI think one’s microbiome has more mass than one’s brain too. So… who is really doing the thinking?
minus-squarebluesheep@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·17 hours agoMy brain hasn’t that’s for sure
There are more cells in your body that aren’t you, than are.
The count of bacterial cells in your gut, on your skin etc is higher than the number of your own cells.
They aren’t me genetically, but I still need them to live. So really I still feel that it’s a part of me.
This is one of the scientific plot holes in The Fly. Or at least the 1980s version. The head-swap version has other problems.
I think one’s microbiome has more mass than one’s brain too. So… who is really doing the thinking?
My brain hasn’t that’s for sure