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hint: complaining about downvotes usually just gets more downvotes

just add what insight you have and then the crowd decides if they care, like or dislike

I’m not complaining, just acknowledging for the sake of preempting the attacks of comments about microbiome.

Almost any comment in a discussion about diet/nutrition is bound to get downvoted (at least on HN). People are probably bound to downvote anything about the microbiome for the same reasons. Yet we know the microbiome is responsible for turning (at least some) genes on/off, and otherwise our study of the microbiome is in its infancy.

I’d rather have someone reply about the jelly fish microbiome, if any, than explaination of HN social norms. The cool thing about HN is you might get some expert, in this case a marine biologist lurking, not the social norms.

If you haven't already, you might be interested to read some of Lynn Margulis' work. She was a big proponent of the idea that symbiosis is an overlooked source of speciation. In a book of hers I read recently she emphasized how complex organisms like humans depend on a huge foundation of other simpler organisms. You might find some interesting fuel for your ideas in her books.

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