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We don’t know is the answer. However, if you were coral, then I would suggest increasing the amount of symbiotic algae, which stimulates mucin secretion (probab
by hirenj 2y ago
We don’t know is the answer. However, if you were coral, then I would suggest increasing the amount of symbiotic algae, which stimulates mucin secretion (probably a nutrient boost).
A brain normally doesn’t receive enough sunlight for this strategy to work for humans.
- UnreachableCode 2y agoAlgae omegas possibly?
- moffkalast 2y agoMount LEDs inside the skull, got it.
- bamboozled 2y agoMore time in the sun ? :)
- aruggirello 2y agoOr replace bone with glass, ending up like those famous crystal skulls from Mexico. But algae might then bloom and grow in uncontrolled fashion. You'd need plancton then, and maybe krill or even fish too - enter skull aquariums.
- hirenj 2y agoAncient medicine solves that problem https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43196488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43196488
- gattr 2y agoA few decades from now, in the biohacker/modder community: "Recap your noggin with our reinforced-glass-ceramic dome!".