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Just answer the question you fuckin' nerd (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] 50 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Anybody ever think about how humans are just very oddly shaped donuts?

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

    That's not entirely true. We don't have just one hole going through us. Our holes branch. We have 3 intakes (2 nostrils, 1 mouth) and 2 outputs (1 anus, 1 urethra). If you simplified us down topographically, it'd be like you formed a donut around a starfish with the arms sticking out and then you just deleted the starfish.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    We also have a bunch of doors on the holes.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Starfish are not a good example. They have no holes. Their mouth is their anus.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Considérons that our lungs and intestines are porous on a molecular scale... And also our sweat pores... Plus are blood vessels (connected to previously mentioned holes)…

    Humans have a changing topology depending on the size scale at which you're working.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I mean that is true of basically all structures and materials. It's just the coastline problem. How long is the coastline? Depends on the level of precision you apply and the exact time you measure. Theoretically it is infinite if you keep getting more and more granular with it. That's not helpful or meaningful for general purposes though.

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