[extropy-chat] Singularity heat waste

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Mon Jul 17 16:12:13 UTC 2006


On 7/17/06, Russell Wallace wrote:
> On 7/17/06, BillK wrote:
>
> > Thus, if the cell grows beyond a certain limit, not enough material
> > will be able to cross the membrane fast enough to accommodate the
> > increased cellular volume. When this happens, the cell must divide
> > into smaller cells with favorable surface area/volume ratios, or cease
> > to function.
> >
>
>  How do ostrich eggs manage with just a single compact membrane to service
> (eventually) trillions of cells worth of living tissue, then? (Not a
> rhetorical question, I'm curious as to the answer.)
>

:)  You know the answer to this question.

Eggs are a huge store of food. That's why they are good for breakfast.
The developing chick gets air through the shell.
A gigantic M brain would probably need internal power sources also.


BillK



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