Explanation: You are a spaceship soaring through the universe. So is your dog. We all carry with us trillions of microorganisms as we go through life. These multitudes of bacteria, fungi, and archaea have different DNA than you. Collectively called your microbiome, your shipmates outnumber your own cells. Your crew members form communities, help digest food, engage in battles against intruders, and sometimes commute on a liquid superhighway from one end of your body to the other. Much of what your microbiome does, however, remains unknown. You are the captain, but being nice to your crew may allow you to explore more of your local cosmos.
So much more complicated and fascinating, the world within, compared with the rather pitifully simple universe without, with only its pathetic crater-covered rocks and hot balls of radiating gas!
Re: APOD: Human as Spaceship (2019 Aug 18)
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 11:03 am
by orin stepanek
Just what I need; a reminder that I'm made of a bunch of icky stuff!
And Ya! I don't want to leave my dog behind!
Re: APOD: Human as Spaceship (2019 Aug 18)
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 11:44 am
by neufer
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
Re: APOD: Human as Spaceship (2019 Aug 18)
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 4:03 pm
by Tragic Astronomy
The beautiful lull
The dangerous tug
We get to feel small
From high up above
And after a glimpse
Over the top
The resta the world
Becomes a gift shop
The pendulum swings
For the horse like a man
Out over the rim
Is ice cream to him
The beautiful lull
The dangerous tug
We get to feel small
But not outta place at all
We're forced to bed
But we're free to dream
All us humans extras
All us herded beings
And after a glimpse
Over the top
The resta the world
Becomes a gift shop
You did the best that you could do
You were a great crew
Who tried to nurture and preserve your faith in you
And with the bureau chiefs and the shrugging spies
You could stay but why?
You see a light and then another
And everything you fought for naught is uncovered
You're not a fighter, you're a lover
You got no business in here, brother
So stay, stay
Makeshift we are
Occurring to each other under the setups of the stars
Makeshift we are
We imagine us here and here we are
Makeshift we are
Through half-squinted eyes becoming a mirage
Makeshift we are
We are, we are
Re: APOD: Human as Spaceship (2019 Aug 18)
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 5:57 pm
by zendae1
^^^Nice^^^
I've done a lot of reading on this subject for a long time. And I just want to say that - no, we are not the captain of our ship; we are a passenger.
There may be no captain at all, but if someone needs to name a captain, it just may be our gut bacteria. Gut, as in esophagus to colon.
Re: APOD: Human as Spaceship (2019 Aug 18)
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 5:59 pm
by zendae1
Addendum:
There are Romulans, Cardassians, Klingons, and occasionally Borg there too.
Re: APOD: Human as Spaceship (2019 Aug 18)
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 6:16 pm
by neufer
zendae1 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2019 5:57 pm
I've done a lot of reading on this subject for a long time. And I just want to say that - no, we are not the captain of our ship; we are a passenger.
There may be no captain at all, but if someone needs to name a captain, it just may be our gut bacteria. Gut, as in esophagus to colon.
Dr. Peter Blood: The greatest captain on the coast, is it? Well be dead when he thinks the greatest captain on the coast has just made the greatest mistake the most ordinary common fool could make.
Re: APOD: Human as Spaceship (2019 Aug 18)
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 9:53 pm
by Buzzito
zendae1 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2019 5:57 pm
^^^Nice^^^
I've done a lot of reading on this subject for a long time. And I just want to say that - no, we are not the captain of our ship; we are a passenger.
There may be no captain at all, but if someone needs to name a captain, it just may be our gut bacteria. Gut, as in esophagus to colon.
So well said!
Re: APOD: Human as Spaceship (2019 Aug 18)
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:20 pm
by khh
zendae1 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2019 5:57 pm
^^^Nice^^^
I've done a lot of reading on this subject for a long time. And I just want to say that - no, we are not the captain of our ship; we are a passenger.
There may be no captain at all, but if someone needs to name a captain, it just may be our gut bacteria. Gut, as in esophagus to colon.
Human as Spaceship
