tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post6576146345151088547..comments2023-09-09T07:55:53.277-07:00Comments on El Pollo Real: A Conservative Notion of Energychickelithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post-22193466551640458752011-10-29T06:06:35.106-07:002011-10-29T06:06:35.106-07:00One of the niceties of oxygen that you mention in ...One of the niceties of oxygen that you mention in that link is its paramagnetism. The other is the light blue tinge it gives off when condensed. Hopefully these things help offset its more volatile properties.Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post-58559483974793618242011-10-28T19:59:33.924-07:002011-10-28T19:59:33.924-07:00Why don't we spontaneously combust?<a href="http://acrazychicken.blogspot.com/2010/11/why-doesnt-world-just-spontaneously.html" rel="nofollow">Why don't we spontaneously combust?</a>chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post-13106915558641704852011-10-28T17:32:56.975-07:002011-10-28T17:32:56.975-07:00Not to belabor the point with a more technical obs...Not to belabor the point with a more technical observation, but the prevailing theory of death at this point seems to be telomere shortening. Telomeres are shortened due to cell division - a possible consequence of increased metabolism but not as clearly defined a consequence.<br /><br />It's less hokey and more precise than the infomercial stuff about "free radicals", and whatnot, but the extrapolation of mouse data to humans clearly points us in the direction of a link between excessive metabolism and death. And if you want to go to more established biological theories, the larger the animal, the slower the base metabolic rate, the longer the lifespan. So even if limitations on cell division are the ultimate cause of death, metabolism is somehow linked in with it somewhere in there.<br /><br />A cruder (and older) analogy would be the process of rust - applied to the body.Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130126685334700207.post-48056637577378141152011-10-28T17:25:03.846-07:002011-10-28T17:25:03.846-07:00Yes, but relaxation, meditation and (counter-intui...Yes, but relaxation, meditation and (counter-intuitively?) caloric restriction all extend life. They can also be wonderful trade-offs for doing things more efficiently.<br /><br />Since when did efficiency stop being a conservative goal?Ritmo Re-Animatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912086218531198114noreply@blogger.com