http://scatter.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/our-gnotobios-our-selves/ the unruly darlings of public sociology Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:57:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://scatter.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/our-gnotobios-our-selves/#comment-72 lucypigpuppet Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:21:46 +0000 http://scatter.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/our-gnotobios-our-selves/#comment-72 There's more of them than there are cells of "you", so it seems fair they get some credit. I read an interesting article about how the metabolism of the flora of normal/overweight people differed. I was just thinking I was surprised I hadn't heard more about that, but I googled it, and it's already being used to sell yoghurt... There’s more of them than there are cells of “you”, so it seems fair they get some credit.
I read an interesting article about how the metabolism of the flora of normal/overweight people differed. I was just thinking I was surprised I hadn’t heard more about that, but I googled it, and it’s already being used to sell yoghurt…

]]> http://scatter.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/our-gnotobios-our-selves/#comment-54 jeremy Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:43:59 +0000 http://scatter.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/our-gnotobios-our-selves/#comment-54 Anything that contributes to the decoupling of the self from the unitary organism is cause for enthusiasm for me. So, the idea that living things in my gut are as much a part of me as cells in my brain: great. Anything that contributes to the decoupling of the self from the unitary organism is cause for enthusiasm for me. So, the idea that living things in my gut are as much a part of me as cells in my brain: great.

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