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biology and physics operate at more dimensions where physical forces conspire to be leveraged by some neat tricks. Chemical gradients, various pressures, mechan
by jxramos 3y ago
biology and physics operate at more dimensions where physical forces conspire to be leveraged by some neat tricks. Chemical gradients, various pressures, mechanical forces, electrostatic gradients, all sorts of differences out there to ride--some are passive, some are actively produced and take energy.
- dekhn 3y agoSee also "Life at Low Reynolds Number" - viscosity becomes exdtremely important at the small scale. https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gold/pdfs/purcell.pdf https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gold/pdfs/purcell.pdf