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Dolphins are better adapted to this as they can turn off half their brain (and vice versa) while still functioning and alert for up to 15 days straight. Would
by radicaldreamer 4y ago
Dolphins are better adapted to this as they can turn off half their brain (and vice versa) while still functioning and alert for up to 15 days straight.
Would be interesting if one day we could induce or evolve to have similar capabilities.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dolphins-sleep-with-only-half-their-brain-at-a-time-81426439/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dolphins-sleep-wit...
- tartoran 4y agoI hope our environment doesn’t become so adverse that we need to evolve that capability but little do we know about the human of the future, whether it will even be our ancestor or a complete different species.
- koheripbal 4y agoThe human of the future will likely be a computer.
- tdaltonc 4y agoThat makes as much sense as saying that they'll be a "steam engine."