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Re:Pathogen from gut of obese human causes obesity in germfr... by MichaelGG on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @03:46PM (#4944718)
Is it actually interesting? Even the rules were chosen randomly, you'd expect any large body of rules to get something by sheer chance alone.
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Re:Pathogen from gut of obese human causes obesity in germfr... by AutoKorrect on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @04:59PM (#4945078)
yes, it is interesting. Consider that vitamin C was known to prevent scurvy, but then that knowledge was lost, and rediscovered later on. How much knowledge may be codified in ancient customs, and that we might have forgotten the foundations for that knowledge.
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Re:Pathogen from gut of obese human causes obesity in germfr... by scott_s on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @06:36PM (#4945462)
Vitamin C was not known to prevent scurvy. Citrus fruits, which contain vitamin C, were known to prevent scurvy, but no one knew why. They had theories, but the theories were wrong.
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Re:Pathogen from gut of obese human causes obesity in germfr... by krenoten on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @04:18PM (#4944900)
It might better be viewed as a behavioral "mutation" of sorts that improved the viability of those who adopted the practice. There are many interesting things that happen by chance.
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