Name: Baruch
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Definition on parasite: "an organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense."
Are we parasites?
tielfan
Post subject: Re: Are we parasites?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 7:34 pm
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Name: Carolyn
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Lemme see... we're on this forum and it does have a host. So it looks like we ARE parasites. But we're friendly and helpful, so we're like the good bacteria in the gut not like salmonella and E. coli. How's THAT for a lovely comparison? It'll sound better if we think of ourselves as probiotics rather than intestinal bacteria.
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Post subject: Re: Are we parasites?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 10:55 pm
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We're all good parasites
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enigma731
Post subject: Re: Are we parasites?
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 11:17 am
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Technically that would make us symbiotes, not parasites.
Bjornlefevre
Post subject: Re: Are we parasites?
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 7:00 am
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Quote:
Are we parasites?
If the organism is earth there might be some good parasites on here, but most of human kind is indeed just killing the planet.
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