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"In order to adapt to the daily cycles of nutrient availability, energy metabolism in animals has evolved to be cyclical." That sentence makes claims about his
by DoofusOfDeath 9y ago
"In order to adapt to the daily cycles of nutrient availability, energy metabolism in animals has evolved to be cyclical."
That sentence makes claims about history and about causality. I wonder if they really have the evidence needed to back them up.
- coldtea 9y agoSeems like a very easy case to make given the available observations, and something that can be easily studied. To me, if they couldn't know this much, it would be like a civil war historian that couldn't really tell who gave the Gettysburg address.
- j7ake 9y agoThe experiment to do is simple. Put mice (or humans) in constant conditions (lights always on, food as much as you want) and track sleep wake and eating behavior. You will see that animals will continue to behave in a cyclical manner even in the absence of an external force.