I like it, but the switch from metric to inches is confusing, and I think introduces a bug - there's no way a sea snail is 5-6 neurons high.
Some of your neurons stretch from your brain to your big toe. 1.5m, or more in a tall person.
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#43Neal delivers. I recently learned that viruses are not considered living being, but I'm nevertheless happy they're included here because they're both relevant and interesting in this context.
Viruses are to life as LLMs are to reasoning: they often behave like their category expects but not for the same reasons as the genuine article.
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#44The authors deserve our support. Buy them a coffee via the provided link.
Thank you for sharing this on HN.
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#46Re: Size of Life
#47Neal delivers. I recently learned that viruses are not considered living being, but I'm nevertheless happy they're included here because they're both relevant and interesting in this context.
Viruses are to life as LLMs are to reasoning: they often behave like their category expects but not for the same reasons as the genuine article.
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#48I don't understand how the location of a 377 foot tall tree could be kept secret. Wouldn't that type of thing be visible in satellite imagery at the very least?
It isn't a secret. The location can easily be found if you Google it.
http://famousredwoods.com/hyperion/
Nevermind!
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#50If it helps, AFAIK (I do atomic force microscopy of DNA), DNA's height is closer to 2nm than 4.