Human Engineering

[tractor]

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Being cold blooded is the way forward for huge calorie savings. Not sure this is compatible with high intelligence though, unless the brain is large enough to heat the body by the power of thought, e.g. by solving Einstein's field equations without pen or paper.

Who can come up with the most intelligent cold blooded creature. I'll start with octopus.

I'll raise you with Theresa May.

[mudskipper]

What about reducing size/mass by removing unnecessary appendages like limbs?

Who can come up with the most intelligent cold blooded creature. I'll start with octopus.

Which has lots of extra appendages. An octopus amputee?

[doodab]

.In fact if we engineer everyone to be a dwarf without legs, we're on to a winner.

I'm not sure a world full of weebles is what i'd call a winner tbh.

Why not replace energy consuming organic body parts with machines? Or go down the brain a jar route?

[TimberWolf]

Which has lots of extra appendages. An octopus amputee?

That would be a pus.

[Doggy Styles]

Who can come up with the most intelligent cold blooded creature. I'll start with octopus.

I believe there is a large intelligent lizard hiding in Wales.

Well, a large lizard that can type anyway.

[wim121]

Dwarfs (or whatever the right collective term is)

What a brave new world it will be.

Benard's I would say ....

Nice to see an intelligent post, sands. Unfortunately, aspects of the novel can be seen in modern society ...

[d000hg]

Being cold blooded is the way forward for huge calorie savings. Not sure this is compatible with high intelligence though, unless the brain is large enough to heat the body by the power of thought, e.g. by solving Einstein's field equations without pen or paper.

Who can come up with the most intelligent cold blooded creature. I'll start with octopus.

I love the idea of a self-heating cold-blooded creature whose brain is the heat source. Sounds like a good Sci-Fi element to me.

[TimberWolf]

I love the idea of a self-heating cold-blooded creature whose brain is the heat source. Sounds like a good Sci-Fi element to me.

The human brain uses up to 40 watts I believe, which is a fair bit, and according to this article, and reading between the lines a bit, generates more heat when thinking harder too.