Categories: Pseudo-explanations
An example of anthropomorphism:
RP: "So these [Thiomargarita magnifica] are living in some kind of rotten mush, in the mangrove swamp…What is it that is so special that they have chosen this weird way of living?"
Dr. Jean-Marie Volland
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JMV "These bacteria, they are very happy with that nasty compound [H2S], because they can feed on it, they are able to extract energy, in the form of electrons [sic], from these chemical compounds, and use that energy to fix carbon dioxide."
Dr. Jean-Marie Volland, Scientist at the Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems, was being interviewed by Roland Pease on an episode ('Record bacterium discovered as long as human eyelash') of 'Science in Action'
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