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Don't be silly; you're trillions of blobs of goo.
And a lot of those blobs aren't even 'you'...
> cells are extremely crowded and busy places Cells are extremely crowded and busy... and random and violent places. Molecular biology dances in a nano moshpit from hell. The Inner Life of a Cell is badly misleading. It reinforces many educationally toxic misconceptions. Yes, the graphics technology was limiting. But the video doesn't attempt to mitigate the negative impact. For instance, adding a couple of frames of…
> It's a balloon flapping madly in a hurricane, tethered to an intoxicated panicked mouse clinging to a rope Welp, my desk is now covered in coffee. Thanks for that one, I'll be stealing it ;) It may be better to think of a cell as more of a liquid crystal than anything else, considering the densities. The synapse of neurons is incredibly dense with structures and scaffolding proteins. Even most grad students still t…
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And a lot of those blobs aren't even 'you'...
Not that many actually, the estimations about people being made of more non self stuff than selfstuff were based on no serious measurement and its more of an urban legend than a fact.
http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/jour...
Although there is truth in the post, this is not entirely correct. Many chemical and biological processes take place in a much slower timescale than hundreds of thousands per second, many miles per hour etc. These processes include DNA synthesis/cell division, transcription, the transmission of electricity / ions between neurons, and many other basic processes. Also, Many proteins don't simply float every around the…
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> It's a balloon flapping madly in a hurricane, tethered to an intoxicated panicked mouse clinging to a rope Welp, my desk is now covered in coffee. Thanks for that one, I'll be stealing it ;) It may be better to think of a cell as more of a liquid crystal than anything else, considering the densities. The synapse of neurons is incredibly dense with structures and scaffolding proteins. Even most grad students still t…
What do you mean by MMI?
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> It's a balloon flapping madly in a hurricane, tethered to an intoxicated panicked mouse clinging to a rope Welp, my desk is now covered in coffee. Thanks for that one, I'll be stealing it ;) It may be better to think of a cell as more of a liquid crystal than anything else, considering the densities. The synapse of neurons is incredibly dense with structures and scaffolding proteins. Even most grad students still t…
What do you mean by MMI?
I am suddenly very uncomfortable, imagining myself as a roiling blob of goo.
... No pressure.
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And a lot of those blobs aren't even 'you'...
Not that many actually, the estimations about people being made of more non self stuff than selfstuff were based on no serious measurement and its more of an urban legend than a fact.
Interesting.... Its very difficult to think about works of cells... if god is there... he is so great of creating lifes...