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Another limitation is that VBayesMM treats bacteria as independent actors, even though they often interact in complex, interdependent networks.

"What this episode has highlighted is just how interdependent our infrastructure is," said Prof Alan Woodward of the University of Surrey.

In a world that is entirely interdependent down to the molecules that make up our bodies, to suggest that any one person can singularly do anything without the support of others is quite a stretch.

The US and China, the world's two biggest economies, are interdependent and Trump's staggering tariffs have upended that relationship overnight, leading to an inevitable question: who is the more dependent of the two?

The theory ignores the fact that federal powers are both separate and interdependent, as well as the importance of checks and balances within the government.