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What's in your contact lens case?

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What's in your contact lens case?

Roger Critchlow-2


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Nick Thompson

Roger,

 

You never favored us with a comment on these pieces. Are you speaking to us as an evolutionist or as a contact lens wearer.

 

As a drinker of Santa Fe tap water, I thought the following author comment was a bit unnerving.

 

"Acanthamoeba spp. are ubiquitous in tap water (2,5), including that used by contact lens wearers to wash hands before manipulating the lens (8). Tap water hosts many organisms, including bacteria (2,5); large DNA viruses (9); and the recently described Sputnik virophage, a virus that infects ameba-resistant large DNA viruses (10)."

 

Cushlomocree!

 

Nick

 

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Roger Critchlow-2
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Roger Critchlow-2
Comments seemed pale in comparison with the facts.

I gave my wife a miniature ecosystem in a jar last christmas, now I'm encouraging my daughter not to grow her own microscopic version.

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On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 1:56 AM, Nicholas Thompson <[hidden email]> wrote:

Roger,

 

You never favored us with a comment on these pieces. Are you speaking to us as an evolutionist or as a contact lens wearer.

 

As a drinker of Santa Fe tap water, I thought the following author comment was a bit unnerving.

 

"Acanthamoeba spp. are ubiquitous in tap water (2,5), including that used by contact lens wearers to wash hands before manipulating the lens (8). Tap water hosts many organisms, including bacteria (2,5); large DNA viruses (9); and the recently described Sputnik virophage, a virus that infects ameba-resistant large DNA viruses (10)."

 

Cushlomocree!

 

Nick

 

From: Friam [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Roger Critchlow
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:54 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: [FRIAM] What's in your contact lens case?

 

 

 

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Carl Tollander
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Carl Tollander
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And yet we live.

One is reminded of the inside of a cell.   Lots going on...

Carl

On 10/17/12 1:56 AM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:

Roger,

 

You never favored us with a comment on these pieces. Are you speaking to us as an evolutionist or as a contact lens wearer.

 

As a drinker of Santa Fe tap water, I thought the following author comment was a bit unnerving.

 

"Acanthamoeba spp. are ubiquitous in tap water (2,5), including that used by contact lens wearers to wash hands before manipulating the lens (8). Tap water hosts many organisms, including bacteria (2,5); large DNA viruses (9); and the recently described Sputnik virophage, a virus that infects ameba-resistant large DNA viruses (10)."

 

Cushlomocree!

 

Nick

 

From: Friam [[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Roger Critchlow
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:54 PM
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Subject: [FRIAM] What's in your contact lens case?

 

 

 

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Pamela McCorduck
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Pamela McCorduck
Yes. I used Chinese tapwater for my contact lenses back in the early 80s. I'm not sure I'd do it now, but I was young and foolish, and nothing came of it.


On Oct 17, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Carl Tollander wrote:

And yet we live.

One is reminded of the inside of a cell.   Lots going on...

Carl

On 10/17/12 1:56 AM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:

Roger,

 

You never favored us with a comment on these pieces. Are you speaking to us as an evolutionist or as a contact lens wearer.

 

As a drinker of Santa Fe tap water, I thought the following author comment was a bit unnerving.

 

"Acanthamoeba spp. are ubiquitous in tap water (2,5), including that used by contact lens wearers to wash hands before manipulating the lens (8). Tap water hosts many organisms, including bacteria (2,5); large DNA viruses (9); and the recently described Sputnik virophage, a virus that infects ameba-resistant large DNA viruses (10)."

 

Cushlomocree!

 

Nick

 

From: Friam [[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Roger Critchlow
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:54 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: [FRIAM] What's in your contact lens case?

 
 
 

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