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Old 12-21-2006, 12:15 PM   #14
Elspode
When Do I Get Virtual Unreality?
 
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Originally Posted by LabRat
I'm sure that's already in the works, but I'm guessing there is something about a particular mouse/person's digestive tract that makes it more hospitable to one or the other type of bacteria. One would have to change the environment to get the other bug to flourish. Whether this could be done by altering the diet, or simple ingesting lots of the wanted bug, who knows. Certainly interesting though!
Someone will genetically engineer low-cal bugs that don't care where they live, and sell ice cream that is infused with them.
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