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There are No Bad Bacteria. There is no Immune System. (Video)

Just Adaptation to a Damaged Terrain. Just a Cleansing & Communication Network.

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Dr. Amandha Dawn Vollmer
Jan 03, 2026
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Living inside the illusion of duality has its faults. Good vs bad, white vs black, mind vs body, etc. We are learning nuance. Learning nuance means accepting that multiple truths can exist simultaneously (paradox), but more than this, understanding that rigid dual thinking can trap us in biases about science and nature, which can skew our thinking and our interpretation of results.

Pleomorphism proves that bacteria are adaptive and not always fixed. Varying environments dictate outcomes. This directly challenges biological determinism, the idea that behaviour and function are fixed, predictable, and dictated solely by form or genetic identity. Instead, it shows that living systems respond dynamically to conditions, signals, and context, with outcomes shaped by environment rather than a predetermined fate.

Back in the 60s and 70s, Bruce H. Lipton (discussed in his book The Biology of Belief) performed an important series of experiments. Lipton isolated a single stem cell, allowing it to …

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