We Are Really Gross

From today's Washington Post:

"You'd be nothing without the trillions of microbial minions toiling in your large intestine, performing crucial physiological functions that your highfalutin human cells wouldn't have a clue how to do.
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In fact, it's time to stop thinking of yourself as a single living thing at all, say the scientists behind the new work. Better to see yourself as a "super-organism," they say: a hybrid creature consisting of about 10 percent human cells and 90 percent bacterial cells."

As a homework assignment, I've decided that the next time I see George Clooney on t.v. I'm going to think of him as "90 percent bacterial cells" and see if this changes his desirability.