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We're really just colonies of cells. Not individuals
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That's definitely not true. Bacteria aid in digestion but the acid in our stomach is what digests most of our foods. If bacteria were required for digestion then people on broad range antibiotics wouldn't be able to eat.
This is actually a problem with people on a broad range of antibiotics. This is why fecal transplants are even a thing.
Kurzgesagt did a video on this awhile ago. Here
It isn't just biological systems either. I remember a research paper I read in solid state. You can't apply the same physical laws to all scales. As the scale changes, so too does the system itself and how it works. So no, you're more than the sum of your parts.
It isn't just biological systems either. I remember a research paper I read in solid state. You can't apply the same physical laws to all scales. As the scale changes, so too does the system itself and how it works. So no, you're more than the sum of your parts.
You could argue we do try to act for the benefit of the brain (group of cells). Considering the pleasure nuclei and structures on it...
I know it creates problems but it still doesn't just stop digestion from happening.
We're only concerned with the brain in as far as it benefits the collective. If no one told us our brain was important to our continued existence we wouldn't act to protect it outside of reflexes dedicated to that purpose.
I mean there's more to the story, but it is pretty much true. Look it up. I would, but I'm drunk and it's 0:43.
I'm talking about the sense of preservation and the constant search for pleasure, things mediated by the brain.