It is estimated that there are 37,200,000,000 cells in the average human body. That means that each one of us when we are healthy house 372,000,000,000 bacteria. Most of these are benign – either commensal or actually symbiotic. Only a small proportion are pathogens and they are constantly being mopped p by our immune system. There is war going on.
When we drove out of Chunking on our tour bus we headed out over this great flat plain. There were hundreds of huge skyscraper structures. Our guide explained that the area used to be paddy fields but these buildings had been erected to house the huge population increase. Each one was home to hundreds of thousands of people. They were autonomous and functioned as a town with their own schools, hospitals, police, fire, shops and facilities. There was no need for anyone to venture out of the complex he boasted.
What if human beings are biological cities constructed by bacteria for bacteria?
What if our consciousness is actually bacterial consciousness? Our history and evolution directed by bacteria?
What if we are really being farmed by bacteria as their cattle?
I feel a Sci-fi novel coming on!!