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>Anything from another planet wouldn’t have developed in a way that lets it get past our immune system not because or complexity, but because of lacking the sha
by soperj 6y ago
>Anything from another planet wouldn’t have developed in a way that lets it get past our immune system not because or complexity, but because of lacking the shared evolutionary history.
Based on?
Rabbits didn't co-evolve with australia's deadly fauna, and yet...
- jamiek88 6y agoThey did if you go back far enough. We are talking compatibility on a protein level.
- JimTheMan 6y agoThe rabbit example is a matter of ecology. A viral infection is a matter of immunology. They are not analogous and depend on completely different factors.
- neuronic 6y agoIf you have ever done any work or reading on immunology then you wouldn't think it to be far fetched to claim that immunology IS in fact ecology.
- anticensor 6y agoIndeed, microecology is a thing.