chunseye
chunseye t1_it77srx wrote
Reply to comment by regular_modern_girl in Why does alcohol kill bacteria, but not the cells that our bodies are composed of? by Chairman_Mittens
Of the same order is not the same as "equal number"... 3.8x10^13 is still 26% more than 3.0x10^13. If a football match is 4-3, would you call it a draw? They mean it's not a factor 10 more...
chunseye t1_it6op3b wrote
Reply to comment by orbital_narwhal in Why does alcohol kill bacteria, but not the cells that our bodies are composed of? by Chairman_Mittens
If you say "more cells" you're implying number of cells. If you say "more cell mass", then you're implying mass.
chunseye t1_it6bm6o wrote
Reply to comment by regular_modern_girl in Why does alcohol kill bacteria, but not the cells that our bodies are composed of? by Chairman_Mittens
"We not only have way more cells in our body"; this is incorrect, there are more bacteria in/on our bodies than human cells... it's just that our cells are larger.
Edit, source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27541692/
chunseye t1_it79lzn wrote
Reply to comment by regular_modern_girl in Why does alcohol kill bacteria, but not the cells that our bodies are composed of? by Chairman_Mittens
I never meant to answer OP's question, I just meant to correct your incorrect statement. Hence the quotes, then the correction. Why are you treating all this as a personal attack?