First Principles with Dr. Sheftall

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If They Had Only Listened, December 27, 2021

If They Had Only Listened, December 27, 2021

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If They Had Only Listened, December 27, 2021
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Chapter 1        Why Aren’t We All Dead?

There are 10^23 stars in the Universe. There are 10 ^31 viruses on Earth. That’s 100 million viruses for every star in the Universe.  Why aren’t we all dead?

With the enormous number of viruses surrounding us all the time, looking for hosts with vulnerable replication machinery to hijack, you’d think we’d be fighti…

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