10-19-2010, 02:19 AM
(10-19-2010, 01:34 AM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote: One of the most interesting bits of information I learned, was that bacteria communicate with one another.
I no longer have the documentation on this, but some years back, scientists were surprised to learn that bacteria in one part of the world would communicate with the bacteria in another part of the world.
For example, bacteria in a test tube in a lab in Japan would suddenly become immune to an antibiotic, after being vulnerable to that antibiotic for decades. Suddenly, the very same day, bacteria in a test tube all the way across the world, in the US, would also become immune.
This is different from the global resistance bacteria develop, from many years of many people taking antibiotics, with the surviving bacteria becoming resistant gradually. This was sudden, happening simultaneously in different batches, with zero contact with one another.
This led the scientists to speculate that, collectively, bacteria had a group consciousness, an intelligence. One researcher actually said that he believed all bacteria formed one giant organism, just spread out all across the planet, inside all other organisms.
there would be no other means to explain it other than a group consciousness that instantly communicates all information gleamed to all members ...