tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post5882930598592467148..comments2024-03-16T08:04:53.086-05:00Comments on Dredd Blog: The Tiniest Scientists Are Very Old - 2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-89432614022227111002011-08-27T13:51:11.570-05:002011-08-27T13:51:11.570-05:00Anonymous—I believe the usage Dredd quoted is acce...Anonymous—I believe the usage Dredd quoted is acceptable. To wit:<br />"A quantity by which a stated quantity is multiplied or divided, so as to indicate an increase or decrease in a measurement: The rate increased by a factor of ten."<br />A factor of ten ≠ ten orders of magnitude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-49433557460219429592011-08-18T11:25:08.459-05:002011-08-18T11:25:08.459-05:00mistah charley,
Good questions.
I think it is to...mistah charley,<br /><br />Good questions.<br /><br />I think it is too early still for much research along those lines.<br /><br />The revolution this caused is disrupting things everywhere.<br /><br />There is a struggle to keep some old bearings, as well as to set some new courses to explore these new things.<br /><br />You might want to read the complimentary posts (on Toxins of Power Blog and Ecocosmology Blog) now mentioned in this post with links to them.<br /><br />Those posts at the other blogs expand upon the subject matter of this post in different ways.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-80840803545532622772011-08-18T08:05:30.425-05:002011-08-18T08:05:30.425-05:00all these human-symbiozing microbes - how differen...all these human-symbiozing microbes - how different are they from the microbes living in/with chimps, dogs, cats, rats, crabgrass? in other words, might the difference between me and my cat be mostly due to the human vs cat genes, and not so much to the microbes-in-me vs the microbes-in-my-cat?mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-61434785445541993962011-08-18T06:19:31.770-05:002011-08-18T06:19:31.770-05:00"... shifts in perspective, occurring through..."... <i>shifts in perspective, occurring throughout cellular biology ... seem as dizzying as what happened in cosmology ... issues once thought settled are up in the air</i>"<br /><br />That nails it.<br /><br />These discoveries are nothing less than a revolution in genetics and psychology based on physiology of the brain.Randyhttp://www.peakoil.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-90093343122085442422011-08-18T06:17:18.660-05:002011-08-18T06:17:18.660-05:00Anonymous,
Noted.
Thanks.Anonymous,<br /><br />Noted. <br /><br />Thanks.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-91408763789126802752011-08-18T02:36:00.246-05:002011-08-18T02:36:00.246-05:00"A factor of 3 means cubed, a factor of 2 mea..."A factor of 3 means cubed, a factor of 2 means squared, but a factor of 10 means "a helluva big number". "<br /><br />Well, no. 2 and 3 are factors of 6, since 2 x 3 = 6. An exponent of 3 means something is cubed. You are confusing "factor" with "exponent", I believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-68635735211164650302011-08-17T17:55:05.647-05:002011-08-17T17:55:05.647-05:00DJ Squizzy,
"... thinking about the idea tha...DJ Squizzy,<br /><br />"... <i>thinking about the idea that there are more non-human cells than human inside a HUMAN makes for interesting nomenclature</i>"<br /><br />The microbes that are identified as being symbiotic are known to have been around billions of years before human cells (<a href="http://powertoxins.blogspot.com/2011/08/structure-re-corruption-of-memes-4.html" rel="nofollow">See here</a>).<br /><br />Thus, even though they are inside a "human being" these cells are not human in the pure sense of the word.<br /><br />"<i>who is occupying whom</i>"<br /><br />That was their phrase, I simply repeated it.<br /><br />The link I gave you might add some food for thought to that notion.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for your good comment and thoughtfulness.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-63793859381218999722011-08-17T09:34:49.866-05:002011-08-17T09:34:49.866-05:00Interesting post, although I don't think I lik...Interesting post, although I don't think I like the word choice of "who is occupying whom," owing to the fact that it contradicts the latter statement of symbiosis between microorganism and human cells. I feel like the word occupation automatically comes with the assumptions of possession and or force, and it seems that this relationship is, above all else, primarily symbiotic. Still, thinking about the idea that there are more non-human cells than human inside a HUMAN makes for interesting nomenclature.DJ Squizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17794862114493587529noreply@blogger.com