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[–] Mac@mander.xyz -4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Source? I'm pretty sure random bacteria would still be around a while if your brain activity went to zero.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago

But that’s not what happened. They literally disappeared, along with the gut biome

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

Your biome is specialized to live inside of you. They are not identical to wild organisms.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Yeah my interpretation is that half your cells would die - didn't even consider that if half your brain cells died it would probably kill you instantly.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The source is Thanos supposed IQ score.

This is refuted by his approach to only cut out half the tumor.