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Lumifer comments on Open thread, Nov. 17 - Nov. 23, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 18 November 2014 02:35:28AM 4 points [-]

I keep on wondering to what degree our discovery and exploration of the all the microflora and microfauna that lives insides us will overturn "standard" medical theories of how humans work. It's already generally accepted that the diet's effect on nutrition is noticeably mediated by the gut biota, though the details are still very very fuzzy, and that's only a crude start...