Reply to: Human Engineering

[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.

[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.

[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 ...

[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.

[TimberWolf]

Which has lots of extra appendages. An octopus amputee?

That would be a pus.

[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?

[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?

[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.

[TimberWolf]

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.

[tractor]

Dwarfs (or whatever the right collective term is) are smart though so conclusive proof it can be done.

What about reducing size/mass by removing unnecessary appendages like limbs? That must reduce the resources needed. In fact if we engineer everyone to be a dwarf without legs, we're on to a winner.

This, coupled with your sig makes me slightly uneasy lol....

[darrenb]

This was all foreseen in 1930 by Olaf Stapledon in his opus magnus, Last and First Men.

[d000hg]

Dwarfs (or whatever the right collective term is) are smart though so conclusive proof it can be done.

What about reducing size/mass by removing unnecessary appendages like limbs? That must reduce the resources needed. In fact if we engineer everyone to be a dwarf without legs, we're on to a winner.

[doodab]

On the contrary, geeky geniuses are generally substantially shorter than professional sportsmen And the Chinese are pretty short, but not known for being thicker than the rest of us!

And churchy is allegedly huge....

[TimberWolf]

On the contrary, geeky geniuses are generally substantially shorter than professional sportsmen And the Chinese are pretty short, but not known for being thicker than the rest of us!

Hardly any short people, 4 foot or so, can pass a GCSE, and people a foot or so tall usually have trouble even tying their shoe laces properly.

Height and intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[d000hg]

They want to make people smaller and more intelligent? Mutually exclusive surely.

On the contrary, geeky geniuses are generally substantially shorter than professional sportsmen And the Chinese are pretty short, but not known for being thicker than the rest of us!