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[–] weariedfae 4 points 5 days ago

But poltergeist cat is real!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (3 children)

You momma is FAT (with water and salt)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

OP has a baby in their head

[–] Heavybell 1 points 4 days ago

Aren't the eyes teeeechnically part of the brain?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Brain uses more wattage than a lightbulb, unless we are counting incandescent bulbs because it makes the stat seem more impressive.

[–] disguy_ovahea 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It was estimated back when incandescent was standard.

Keep in mind that’s not accounting for energy consumed from neurons burning oxygen, which accounts for 20% of a human body’s consumption.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK28194/

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

20% of your bodies energy is about 20 Watts.

Normal-weight humans burn about 2200 kilocalories a day, which is about 9.2 megajoules. There are 8640 seconds in a day, so that works out to roughly 100 joules per second, or 100 Watt. 20% of that is 20 Watts for the brain.

[–] disguy_ovahea 2 points 5 days ago

Well done. So even added to the electrical consumption it’s less than an incandescent bulb. Incredible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

That's rest consumtion tho.

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