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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants on February 12, 2018, 03:02:27 AM
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Apparently, we may experience what we call consciousness because of an ancient virus.
According to two papers published in the journal Cell in January, long ago, a virus bound its genetic code to the genome of four-limbed animals. That snippet of code is still very much alive in humans' brains today, where it does the very viral task of packaging up genetic information and sending it from nerve cells to their neighbors in little capsules that look a whole lot like viruses themselves. And these little packages of information might be critical elements of how nerves communicate and reorganize over time — tasks thought to be necessary for higher-order thinking, the researchers said.
Though it may sound surprising that bits of human genetic code come from viruses, it's actually more common than you might think: A review published in Cell in 2016 found that between 40 and 80 percent of the human genome arrived from some archaic viral invasion. Unraveling the Human Genome: 6 Molecular Milestones (https://www.livescience.com/26505-human-genome-milestones.html)
https://www.livescience.com/61627-ancient-virus-brain.html
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Totally agree. Virus are mainly responsible for mutation by corrupting cells.
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This makes total sense to me. Do you remember when I nearly died from not responding to antibiotics.. so I got better from gardening... soil somehow killed those viruses... also that time I had a mini heart attack from a virus, ever since I've been carefully studying viruses. Whenever I'm sick I see things and my consciousness is definitely effected. Viruses are the strongest living organism known to humankind.
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Interesting. Can't wait for the documentaries on the subject. Such stuff is louder when put in sound and visuals.