Implicit model of other people’s visual attention as an invisible beam

Re:Implicit model of other people’s visual attention as an i... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @01:21AM (#18853695)

> I've had people tell me that reading about the "microbiome" is really distressing, since afterwards they feel like they have some alien infestation in their bodies- as though they were full of bugs. On one level they learned a new thing, that healthy human bodies contain lots of various microorganisms, but some part of their psyche still maintained that any such creatures must be pathological.

We also all maintain the perception of "wholeness" of our body. But at the level of microbiome, it's just bunch of cells mixing with another bunch of cells, with different DNA. It's all one large bag of smart sand. It's another realization that may be hard for some people to handle.

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Re:Implicit model of other people’s visual attention as an i... by vanderZwan on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @04:43AM (#18854454)

> But at the level of microbiome, it's just bunch of cells mixing with another bunch of cells, with different DNA. It's all one large bag of smart sand.

Well, in terms of biomass not quite, and our gut flora are also topologically still outside of our bodies. But I agree with the overall sentiment, whether we call it a bag of smart sand or a portable sealed-off climate controlled micro-ecology is just details.

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Re:Implicit model of other people’s visual attention as an i... by groestl on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @01:57AM (#18853836)

Yes, I think that's exactly what I meant in my sibling comment!

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