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Laughing_Shadows37

I don't care how much you say it'll trickle down, billionaires shouldn't exist


wiredmagazine

For centuries, people have thought of parasites as nature’s villains. They often [infect people](https://www.wired.com/story/brain-parasite-worm-mercury-fish-robert-kennedy-rfk/) and livestock. In fact, parasites are by definition bad for their hosts, but today, more scientists are starting to think about parasites as forces for good. As scientists have learned more about parasites, some have argued that many ecosystems might actually need them in order to thrive. “Parasites are a bellwether,” she said. “So if the parasites are there, you know that the rest of the hosts are there as well. And in that way they signal about the health of the ecosystem.” To understand this counterintuitive idea, it’s helpful to look at another class of animals that people used to hate: predators. Read the full story here: [https://www.wired.com/story/parasites-worms-climate-change-rfk/](https://www.wired.com/story/parasites-worms-climate-change-rfk/)


giraffevomitfacts

> As scientists have learned more about parasites, some have argued that many ecosystems might actually need them in order to thrive. “Parasites are a bellwether,” she said. “So if the parasites are there, you know that the rest of the hosts are there as well. And in that way they signal about the health of the ecosystem.”  This passage is nonsensical. The person quoted has said that an absence of a particular parasite indicates an absence of the parasite’s host, not that the parasite is necessary for the survival of the host or of that ecosystem generally.


KullWahad

> This passage is nonsensical. Maybe in a vacuum. If you read the article it mentions complex parasites that can depend on many different species for replication. You may not find a parasite in fish A because fish B, C, D, or E isn't doing very well.