The human body has 1.8T cells dedicated to defending it

Re:The human body has 1.8T cells dedicated to defending it by anonporridge on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @10:45AM (#38013380)

And to crudely compare mass to resource allocation, the article claims more than 1.2kg of immune mass for the 73kg model individual, or 1.6% of total mass. The US military budget is about 3% of GDP.

The resource devotion of most all nation states seems to settle in this 1-3% range, excluding those with more active security tensions. Ukraine for example running an absolute fever at 34% and Israel chronically stressed at 4.5%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_...

The middle east in general seems to over allocate on their immune system. This would actually align with what I've been reading recently that modern Islamic culture is much more of a physical might makes right system. And that overspend on aggression and displays of power is part of what hampers their economic vitality while the more peace loving west gets to devote more resources to non destructive pursuits. Turning the other cheek and meeting in the middle is seen as weakness in the Middle East, but it counter intuitively is the reason that the west is the stronger system.

Similarly, those who get their vaccines spend less time sick with their immune system inflamed, and so get to be more productive at work or athletic pursuits and compete better than those that abstain.

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Re:The human body has 1.8T cells dedicated to defending it by justrealist on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @10:47AM (#38013410)

I think you'd want to add the police.

Edit: one of the core functions of the immune system is identifying and eliminating pre-cancerous cells from your own body, if you downvote this out of reflexive politics you are a clown.

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Re:The human body has 1.8T cells dedicated to defending it by anonporridge on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @10:53AM (#38013466)

I agree. Those numbers are just harder to come by.

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Re:The human body has 1.8T cells dedicated to defending it by SpaceManNabs on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @02:20PM (#38016273)

> if you downvote this out of reflexive politics you are a clown

It is not that serious... The emphasis that you yourself added is counterproductive to your point and deliberately precludes discussing viewpoints that would be valid because nobody wants to deal with a "hyper-reactive".

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Re:The human body has 1.8T cells dedicated to defending it by justrealist on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @02:36PM (#38016517)

It was at -1 within a few minutes of posting, so I think the edit was deserved.

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Re:The human body has 1.8T cells dedicated to defending it by heyodai on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @06:36PM (#38019230)

> And that overspend on aggression and displays of power is part of what hampers their economic vitality while the more peace loving west gets to devote more resources to non destructive pursuits.

I'm sure this has nothing to do with centuries of western imperialism in that region.

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Re:The human body has 1.8T cells dedicated to defending it by aranelsurion on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @07:21PM (#38019625)

I'd be (non-sarcastically) interested in reading any materials/sources you have on this specific topic. Is this view simply because dumping on the west is popular nowadays, or are there really strong ties on islamic culture and its relationship with the west?

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