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I'll ask then. What happens to an organism when it stops growing? It's an exponential process and there are really only 2 states except for an infinitesimally
by kurthr 4y ago
I'll ask then. What happens to an organism when it stops growing?
It's an exponential process and there are really only 2 states except for an infinitesimally small space between.
- Fomite 4y agoMost biological processes that apply to organisms aren't exponential, they're logistic. Which means when they stop growing, they're at steady state.
- uoaei 4y agoThe only "natural" organism that grows without attempting a quasi-stable, dynamic equilibrium with its environment is cancer. The exponential processes you refer to are not "natural" in the general sense and only represent the barest, simplest models.
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- ramesh31 4y agoWe had thousands of years of economic equillibrium. It was a pretty rough time.
- 3np 4y agoI don't know about you, but I didn't start dying at 20.
- umeshunni 4y agoYou did. It's just taking a long time.
- kragen 4y agoi'd probably be a lot healthier if i'd stopped growing about 20 years ago
- FactKnower69 4y agoGood thing we live in an environment with infinite carrying capacity and natural resources, I could see things getting pretty dicey otherwise
- chii 4y agoWith technological improvement, new exploration and the infinite span of the universe, i don't see why the carrying capacity isn't infinite.