How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains

Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by pavel_lishin on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @10:24AM (#13472023)

Our bodies can cool themselves decently well by sweating. I think that if the climate was affecting you to the point where your brain was getting cooked, the symptom would probably be less "slightly dumber" and more "seizures and organ failure".

But I'm not a doctor or a scientist, so I could be completely wrong. Hopefully someone more informed will weigh in.

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Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by kalendae on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @07:37PM (#13477293)

When diving to 90ft+ you get 'stupider' (nitrogen narcosis). Our instructor had us do simple math problems on a board underwater and timed us. We were doing them very very slowly but you don't feel that it is slower. It was an interesting experience meant to warn you that you won't realize that you are affected by nitrogen narcosis.

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Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by nojvek on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @11:59PM (#13478667)

I've been there. It feels so good, you forget things and get unfocused

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Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by monocasa on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @11:29AM (#13472746)

It'd make sense that there would be a mechanism for graceful degradation, no?

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Re:How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains by pavel_lishin on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @11:57AM (#13473080)

I think that sweating profusely and feeling thirsty is the graceful degradation. I don't think there's a way to gracefully degrade from "my brain is a burger patty now".

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