alt Hacker NewsYea, we’ve scaled wooden buildings to 25 stories.
Arguments around bone scaling ignores the impact forces of running. Scaling often means trading margins not just keeping all constraints the same.
Yea, we’ve scaled wooden buildings to 25 stories.
Arguments around bone scaling ignores the impact forces of running. Scaling often means trading margins not just keeping all constraints the same.
Yeah exactly. There’s an implicit assumption here that everything scales together in perfect proportion. This is a large and limiting and unnecessary assumption that undermines the argument somewhat. Maybe giant humans could exist with stockier legs…