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I'm glad this makes sense; thanks for writing!

Your comment is a good one, and I don't have time for a long reply, but I'll point out that the motivation for my being a bit "overblown" is the unfortunate and very common tendenc…

pfdietz is correct. The key thing is that divergences always multiply, leading to an exponential dependence on number of scattering events. There isn't a transition between a linea…

The monkey number was a very rough order of magnitude comment, and shouldn't be taken too seriously. But: You’re technically correct — I didn’t actually look up the metabolic rate …