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In the original Ringworld, the natives can't understand what "disease" is, as the yet-unnamed builders hadn't included pathogens when they stocked the biosphere.
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What most people don't know its that the majority of modern disease-causing pathogens don't kill in and of themselves- the body does itself in, sort of like how it's Not the Fall That Kills You.
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One of the disadvantages of this history was that their biotechnology suffered from lack of compatible pathogens, and once they went to war with the Terran Federation many died of disease.
Source: No Biochemical Barriers
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Pathogens and Disease. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/disease/pathogens
Disease & Pathogens. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/disease/pathogens>.
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