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Aren't we actually better at endurance running than any other animal?
by namarie 9y ago
Aren't we actually better at endurance running than any other animal?
- agildehaus 9y agoI think so. It's all about heat regulation: we have far more sweat glands than any other species, even our ape ancestors.
- nightcracker 9y agoLand animal, I believe so, yes. But an albatros would cover much more ground much more efficiently than us.
- tambourine_man 9y agoSeems sled dogs beat us on this one: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HDG4GSypcIE https://youtube.com/watch?v=HDG4GSypcIE
- maga 9y agoYet again we have created something to outdo us.
- hyperbovine 9y agoDeepMind could do it better.
- natch 9y agoHuman plus bicycle is the most efficient. Which may seem like a snide point (and a ripoff of Steve Jobs) but seriously it hints at where things could go with AI.
- nickpsecurity 9y agoOur superhumans are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Karnazes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Karnazes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarathon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarathon