Since I last checked, “slime mold” has gone from taxon to lifestyle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_mold I hope this results in greater acceptance of our
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@Meaningness As in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HERV#Human_endogenous_retroviruses … (humans 8%, some other mammals much higher). -
@St_Rev Oh, yeah, well, humans are mostly parasites, that’s not exactly news! -
@Meaningness Not even talking about the mutualists, just the core genome. -
@St_Rev Yeah, I know :-) -
@Meaningness It's all interpenetrating systems. Thinginess falls apart on close inspection. -
@St_Rev Indeed! A point I will belabor at great length if I ever get time to do some serious writing. Central to my philosophical thesis.
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. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.