pocker_machine@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agoCould plants/trees be an evil alien species that came to earth and made us dependent on them ?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down120
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareCould plants/trees be an evil alien species that came to earth and made us dependent on them ?pocker_machine@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squarepacology@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·8 months agoIf we want to believe the evil alien theory, viruses might actually fit the bill better than plants, with fungi as a possible unlikely second.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoThere is one type of virus that you can not convince me isn’t some kind of mechanical device. Other viruses and bacteria look organic; but bacteriophage look straight up like man-made robots.
minus-squaremagnetosphere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoThis is by far my favorite answer.
minus-squareisles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIf it makes you feel better, we descend from fungi.
If we want to believe the evil alien theory, viruses might actually fit the bill better than plants, with fungi as a possible unlikely second.
There is one type of virus that you can not convince me isn’t some kind of mechanical device. Other viruses and bacteria look organic; but bacteriophage look straight up like man-made robots.
This is by far my favorite answer.
Fungi scare me
If it makes you feel better, we descend from fungi.