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Reblogged deuxiemedunom
BTW also when I was reading about autism genes i somehow got onto this database of genetic conditions which is how I found out that there is a condition where you are born without fingerprints
there is also a condition where you are allergic to cold temperatures
yall the range of human variation is absolutely wild, a lot of these genetic conditions are harmful or fatal (which is why we know about them) but there have to be like a billion random genetic variations that are largely innocuous that we Don't have diagnostic criteria for, I guess that would just be the full range of all human genetic possibilities, we are all just mutations ultimately.
But also like. Everybody is experiencing a completely novel iteration of being human. We act like it's the same and bodies are the same and there's a Standard way to be a human but there's Not we are all just awkwardly duct taped together basically.
So just think, there's this poor woman somewhere who's like "My feet go numb whenever I engage in vigorous exercise, what's up with that?" and she probably has an asshole doctor who is like No They Don't.
But actually she just has Feet Go Numb When You Exercise Condition. Which no one knows about yet. Because she's the only person that has it.
This made me cry