Life On Us
Bunks
Australia Veteran
I watched this fascinating documentary last night about all the different bugs, microbes and bacteria that call us home.
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/234273859562/Life-On-Us-Ep1
Blurb below:
There is an unexplored planet in the Solar System. A strange world of bizarre creatures locked in a fight for survival. This planet is the human body and it’s teeming with unknown ecosystems. Our bodies are home to a trillion cells that are not us - but are very much the making of us. Bugs cling to our skin and grasp onto our hair. They live inside our gut, in our blood and even in our brain. They determine our health, body shape, mood and even our behaviour. We are super-organisms, part of an interconnected web of life. This hidden world is brought to life through fascinating personal accounts, breakthroughs in scientific insights and by the use of the latest imaging technologies.
One of the quotes during the show (I think it was Episode 2 last night) was "to these microbes, we are the universe".
This got me thinking, are we a tiny micro-organism on the body of a host? Is the universe a living, conscious thing that we're merely helping stay alive? Is the universe a tiny micro-organism on something bigger?
I just find it mind boggling.
Comments
It reminds me of the end of Men In Black, where the earth ends up being a marble in an aliens marble game.
(yes I'm weird)