You are a busy place. According to a recent calculation by Ron Sender, Shai Fuchs, and Ron Milo of the Weizmann Institute of Science the ratio between bacteria and human cells in our bodies is 1.3.* That means you are carrying around about 40 trillion bacteria, maybe a few more, maybe a few less. Anyway, we might change the medieval question “How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?” to “How many creatures are you?” If you are more bacterium than human cell, should I see you differently? “Oh! Ralph. You mean the guy who occupies the same space as all those bacteria?”
You are, as I said, a busy place. Much going on. Even much that you don’t even realize. Think of Grand Central. All that movement is hard to track. All those individuals are lost in the Crowd. And there you are, a Crowd. Too many whatevers to track, all going about business you can’t possibly enumerate. Trillions, maybe 30 to 50 trillion bacteria outnumbering cells by 1.3.
So, too, with everyone around you. Lots going on. Each a Grand Central. Now think. If you are largely unaware of all that’s happening, aren’t they, also? If you have difficulty keeping track of all that takes place in your own Grand Central, can you possibly keep track of all that goes on in someone else’s? Apparently, many “angels” dance on the pin of every life. Ponder that before you answer, “One.”
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/body%E2%80%99s-bacteria-don%E2%80%99t-outnumber-human-cells-so-much-after-all
You are, as I said, a busy place. Much going on. Even much that you don’t even realize. Think of Grand Central. All that movement is hard to track. All those individuals are lost in the Crowd. And there you are, a Crowd. Too many whatevers to track, all going about business you can’t possibly enumerate. Trillions, maybe 30 to 50 trillion bacteria outnumbering cells by 1.3.
So, too, with everyone around you. Lots going on. Each a Grand Central. Now think. If you are largely unaware of all that’s happening, aren’t they, also? If you have difficulty keeping track of all that takes place in your own Grand Central, can you possibly keep track of all that goes on in someone else’s? Apparently, many “angels” dance on the pin of every life. Ponder that before you answer, “One.”
* https://www.sciencenews.org/article/body%E2%80%99s-bacteria-don%E2%80%99t-outnumber-human-cells-so-much-after-all
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