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minus-squarezagaberoo@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·4 months agoAnd the whole human body, brain and all, can run on ~100 watts. Truly astounding.
minus-squarepossibly a cat@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoYet with those 100 watts, the brain cannot model itself in this detail - even though it is the literal embodiment of it! A strange thing to consider.
minus-squarewhoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoMeh. No different than how you can make a programming language and then have it compile itself. It’s weird.
minus-squarepossibly a cat@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoNot so different, I agree. But like you said, it’s still a weird thing to think about.
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoAnd we get these 100W from transforming food that we find on/in the ground.
And the whole human body, brain and all, can run on ~100 watts. Truly astounding.
Yet with those 100 watts, the brain cannot model itself in this detail - even though it is the literal embodiment of it! A strange thing to consider.
Meh. No different than how you can make a programming language and then have it compile itself. It’s weird.
Not so different, I agree. But like you said, it’s still a weird thing to think about.
And we get these 100W from transforming food that we find on/in the ground.