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I think you were downvoted because your comment, while humorous, doesn't really add to the conversation. Humor is appreciated more on HN when it is coupled wit
by colanderman 12y ago
I think you were downvoted because your comment, while humorous, doesn't really add to the conversation. Humor is appreciated more on HN when it is coupled with insight.
- Mz 12y agoWell, I don't agree. If it was twins and they "fused" and you are going to assume one "murdered" the other, then which one is the murderer? It is a serious question. Also, how did the one baby "murder" the other? What does a baby in utero have on hand to attack its twin? The body kills invaders by, essentially, eating them (white blood cells engulf and consume microbes). At the cellular level, it is a battle and it is a case of eat or be eaten. I realize humor is a big risk on hn. But, for me, it seems to be a big risk anywhere. (shrug)
- colanderman 12y agoIANAB, but the way things went down was probably more like this: Two embryos, composed entirely of stem cells, were growing adjacent to each other and bumped into each other, forming a larger embryo composed entirely of stem cells. The stem cells probably aren't really aware that their neighbors have slightly different DNA, so they just cooperate like stem cells do in forming a single human being.
- Mz 12y agoYeah, I actually get that. I am not the one who called it murder. I was kind of mocking the idea that it was murder. Thx.