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Re:Neuroscience How Much Energy Does It Take to Think? by winternewt on Friday June 06, 2025 @06:01AM (#44199319)
My layman observation from tons of pop sci consumption is that the rate of metabolism seems to correlate greatly with life expectancy. Running at 100% all the time would likely wear the system out much sooner, e.g. due to higher oxidation and increased cancer risk.
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Re:Neuroscience How Much Energy Does It Take to Think? by edwinjm on Saturday June 07, 2025 @05:48AM (#44208566)
Let’s wait for proper research. One mans observation is just that.
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Re:Neuroscience How Much Energy Does It Take to Think? by IAmBroom on Monday June 09, 2025 @08:43AM (#44223897)
Even if you are correct, the article discusses more efficient thinking as a goal.

If you have to floor the gas to make it out of your driveway, versus owning a well-tuned highly efficient modern car, those are two very different sorts of "metabolism".

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