This is amazing to me. We’re immune to so many things that are dangerous/toxic/deadly to other biological life on the planet. We’ve evolved to an amazing extent, and yet, pick the wrong variety of berry and you’ll die writhing in agony.
They’re all trying to kill you, it’s just that some of them, still can.
You can’t be immune to everything and it all comes down to your genetics (lactose intolerance being the most famous example) and what you ate since childhood. One extreme example of what some groups of people can eat is kopalhen, which is deeply fermented meat full of ptomaines, which will kill most humans very fast. It also comes with botulism risk.
This is amazing to me. We’re immune to so many things that are dangerous/toxic/deadly to other biological life on the planet. We’ve evolved to an amazing extent, and yet, pick the wrong variety of berry and you’ll die writhing in agony.
They’re all trying to kill you, it’s just that some of them, still can.
You can’t be immune to everything and it all comes down to your genetics (lactose intolerance being the most famous example) and what you ate since childhood. One extreme example of what some groups of people can eat is kopalhen, which is deeply fermented meat full of ptomaines, which will kill most humans very fast. It also comes with botulism risk.
So I can be more or less immune to stuff based on my genetics. Neat.