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Maybe that comparison is wrong, i.e. different kinds of energy compared for humans and earthworms? For the later, if I understand correctly, the linked paper m
by acqq 3y ago
Maybe that comparison is wrong, i.e. different kinds of energy compared for humans and earthworms? For the later, if I understand correctly, the linked paper measures an equivalent of "how much energy one gets by burning the stuff from which an earthworm is made". For the former, it's something else: "total stored charge in all mitochondria membranes".
I'd expect that comparing the same kinds of energy the ratio would be more similar to a ratio of weights of the two organisms.
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- acqq 3y agoAnd checking the actual sources(1) the original authors correctly talk about the electric potential difference (voltage) over over the ~5 nm membrane, which is "equal to" the one "discharged by a bolt of lightning." It's clearly wrong to use that for the false claim in the article of "adding up" "the stored charge in one person". 1) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37145232 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37145232