Did this account just follow me because I said "midichlorians"?https://twitter.com/MagicalMicrobes/status/882674370295996416 …
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They can no longer survive outside eukaryotic cells but they still have their own DNA and everything
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
The endosymbiosis theory is pretty well established bc mitochondria are too similar to bacteria for it to be a likely coincidence
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Fun fact, "midichlorian" is a pseudo-portmanteau word from "mitochondrion" and "chloroplast", the "chloro" part
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Chloroplasts in plants are probably also the result of endosymbiosis
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Wait, is this why there's a theory that Star Wars humans are plants?
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect
(If you didn't know, there's a fan theory that the humans in Star Wars are all plants.)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
You'd still have to explain how the powers work, but if midichlorians are both mitochondria and chloroplasts it answers the simple physics
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Or rather thermodynamics question of "Where does the energy for Force powers come from"
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(Yoda says that's a meaningless question bc the Force is metaphysical not physical but hey there's room for dissent)
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