Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Isn't it weird that we have exactly five fingers and five toes on each hand and foot. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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I mean why 5, why 5 on each limb, why not 4 or 6. Why do our feet also have 5. Whats with our body being so symmetrical.

People who know anything about evolution, now is your time to shine.

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[–] Tangent5280 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hi, what school of science is this? What sort of textbook might explain the things you just did?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

None that I’m aware of, that was my own synthesis based on my own thinking.

edit: actually robotics might have some insight into this

[–] Num10ck 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

illustrate this and publish it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I was gonna say “too lazy” but there is AI now so maybe I can have my minions do it for me