Thanks to @TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip for reminding me about this train of thought that I had years ago during COVID lol.
Who knows if viruses used to be helpful had they not gone awry?!
Turns out this is also the answer to the Fermi paradox. We’re quarantined.
The whole planet and everything in it is completely riddled with viruses. Better steer clear if you value your life. If they ever send you a message, delete it without reading a single word of it.
Stupidity is a good-enough reason for that!
This ignores how many viruses were incorporated in to our DNA though. They’re a little helpful. 😆
Those are the ones that were still beneficial!
Why did you give me Simple Wiki? lol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle
It’s just what happened to come up first. 🤷
Oh, okay. I’ve never had that happen before. I do know Simple Wikipedia, though; it’s handy!
Ancient alien nano bots. Replicate code goes roge. Breaks requirement limits. Bacteria. Animal. Human.
U wot m8?
And pathogenic prions are our own, hardier, DIY version.
Ever since I was a kid, bacteriophages have always looked like some kind of Star Wars walker to me.
Learning these float and don’t walk around on their little tippy tap feet was a big disappointment.
More like landing gear than feet
“Landing gear” is clanker for feet
