• Anticorp@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    That’s not how it worked. He killed 50% of gut bacteria by killing 50% of the hosts.

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      3 months ago

      Depends on whether “50% of all life” means half of the contiguous lumps of cells we call “creatures” or simply half of all living matter.

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      3 months ago

      Source? I’m pretty sure random bacteria would still be around a while if your brain activity went to zero.