42: The Answer to Almost Everything
The Purpose of Parasites
S1 • E24 Feb 26, 2022 28m
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Parasites get a bad rap: they can make us sick or even kill us. For centuries, we have been trying to protect ourselves against them, in particular through hygiene measures. Yet half of the living beings on Earth are parasites. If they are really everywhere, maybe they are not fundamentally useless?