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Makes sense even on the naive level. The heart has to work harder, so the heart problems. Body volume is larger, therefore more chances for cancer.
by Artlav 10y ago
Makes sense even on the naive level.
The heart has to work harder, so the heart problems.
Body volume is larger, therefore more chances for cancer.
- Pica_soO 10y agoThe solution seems obvious- we need a second heart. And enhanced ribcages to hold it
- Artlav 10y agoThe scariest thing is, it's only a matter of time before some biohacker would make this a reality.
- smhost 10y agoThe last I checked, they were surgically inserting magnets into their fingertips. Has there been any progress in the community?
- witty_username 10y agoAn artificial heart would be easier. There is no need for an enhanced ribcage; in heterotopic heart transplantation the old heart is not removed. [1] (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_transplantation#Heterotopic_procedure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_transplantation#Heteroto...
- iskander 10y ago>Body volume is larger, therefore more chances for cancer. Across species that line of thinking actually gives rise to Peto's Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peto%27s_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peto%27s_paradox