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That's a debatable statement and it doesn't explain the public appeal of mitochondria over ribosomes that predates recent research on the relationship between m
by Teever 2y ago
That's a debatable statement and it doesn't explain the public appeal of mitochondria over ribosomes that predates recent research on the relationship between mitochondria and aging.
- adastra22 2y agoWhy are you insisting on this comparison to ribosomes? They’re both interesting.
- rbanffy 2y agoAll organelles are valid. This is not a competition. Both mitochondria and ribosomes are cool in different ways.
- Teever 2y agoI'm just wondering why we always see pop-sci mitochondria content but no ribosome videos. I think it's the catchy nickname "powerhouse of the cell." Ribosomes don't have a catch nickname so they get a lot less content produced about them. If I was a highschool biology teacher I'd probably call them "The assembly line of life." That would stick in people's minds I bet.
- olddustytrail 2y agoThen go ahead. Make those videos. Sell that vision. There's no one stopping you except you.
- Teever 2y agoI don't get the adversarial tone about this. My intention in asking the question isn't to create animosity. I'm just curious why the thing that I've observed is a thing.
- adastra22 2y agoBecause bringing up “what about Y?” When the discussion topic is X and there is no connection to Y goes against HN norms.
- Teever 2y agoBut there is a connection between the X and Y in this case. One is a subset of the other. We're talking about the same thing man, I'm just making the point that I feel that there should be greater emphasis on the subset. Look at the top thread in this post, people are doing a very similar thing. I truly think that the pop-sci interest in mitochondria stems from the nickname and for no other reason and to me that's a very interesting thing.