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Re:Fungi Lurk Inside Cancers–and Might Speed Their Growth by maxbond on Saturday October 08, 2022 @05:19PM (#33136121)
Reminded me of The Electric Ant https://archive.org/details/PhilipK.DickTheElectricAnt

I have a hypothesis that commenters sometime interpret recommendations in this format ("I think you're thinking of X") as being presumptive, because it implies someone made a mistake in their thinking. I'm not trying to say it is or isn't, just that I've seen a pattern of similar posts downvoted, and this is my hypothesis as to why.

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Re:Fungi Lurk Inside Cancers–and Might Speed Their Growth by version_five on Saturday October 08, 2022 @07:55PM (#33137147)
I'm the poster the parent replied to and I appreciated the comment, and yours. I don't know why it would be modded down

I've just been trying to remember the movie Prometheus, the discussion between David and Weyland at the beginning where Weyland explains he is David's creator - this, I believe, sort of touches on the same idea - learning someone created you, maybe not very deeply; I'll need to watch it again

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