Post #2323038
2026-04-06 03:45 UTC
@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
This is true.
We have two physical advantages over most other animals
- heat tolerance
- ability to smell petrichor
But that's it.
We are thin skinned, musculatly weak, and slow, and fhe laughable muscle man trope is in stark contrast to how feeble we are.
Our secret sauce is complex collaboration, not physique.
Replies (2)
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@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-04-06 03:56
@screwturn@mastodon.social Yeah, that too. We may have good color fidelity, but we don't have a monopoly on it. We don't even have a monopoly on high heat efficiency; most insects can keep moving longer than we can. But complex collaboration belongs to us and only a handful of other species.
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@3DBill@mstdn.ca 2026-04-08 22:44
@screwturn@mastodon.social @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org is that true about petrichor? (Sorry if I'm taking you too literally.)