• Mountainaire@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    against its desires

    Parasitism has nothing to do with will or even awareness. Technically, our gut bacteria could be considered parasites, no? Yet the best of ours even help the body last longer.

    • Bilbo Baggins@hobbit.world
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      I don’t think so? Just looked up the definition of a parasite and it needs to live at the expense of the host. Gut bacteria are beneficial I assume, so they aren’t parasitic.