Fermented foods shaped human biology

Re:Fermented foods shaped human biology by calebm on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:09PM (#47535091)

I've had this hypothesis that human bodies are kind of like cruise ships built by microbes. The larger body is not necessarily the one in control (like in the cruise ship metaphor). Maybe at some point, the vessel being built gains some control of its own - maybe this will happen with AI.

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Re:Fermented foods shaped human biology by zoogeny on Thursday March 26, 2026 @05:24PM (#47535956)

I've thought this myself. We sure do consume a lot of yeast-based foods. Entire industries created to cultivate the stuff.

I thought it would be an interesting story about how the bakers and beer makers are the actual illuminati, consciously working on behalf of the yeast which is our actual over-lords.

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Re:Fermented foods shaped human biology by baronvonsp on Thursday March 26, 2026 @05:46PM (#47536228)

Ha. Different bug (sentient yogurt cultures) but sort of explored quite amusingly by Love, Death & Robots Season 1 - https://lovedeathrobots.fandom.com/wiki/When_the_Yogurt_Took...

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Re:Fermented foods shaped human biology by manmal on Thursday March 26, 2026 @06:24PM (#47536589)

Are you saying the microbes have been telling me to stay up and vibe-autoresearch some random OSS projects? Wild if true.

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Re:Fermented foods shaped human biology by tonis2 on Friday March 27, 2026 @04:50AM (#47540350)

Same, I think we are just a collective consciousness of the bacteria/yeasts inside us, and the brain is just a compute device, that the bacteria use via the high bandwidth vagus nerves. Thats why its important to not feed the bad bacteria and keep the good bacteria healthy.

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Re:Fermented foods shaped human biology by shifto on Friday March 27, 2026 @05:14AM (#47540506)

But the bad bacteria know how to tell me what to eat. The good ones never do!

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