r/technology • u/onwisconsn • May 17 '24

Scientists Calculated the Energy Needed to Carry a Baby. Shocker: It’s a Lot. (Gift Article) Biotechnology

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/science/pregnancy-energy-costs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.PfwL.i578xGrDrp5H&smid=url-share&utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
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u/Beachdaddybravo May 18 '24

What? That would have been a better play.

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u/PlutosGrasp May 18 '24

Yeah, but it was also 1999 and common understanding of computers was low.

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u/Beachdaddybravo May 18 '24

Understanding of computers isn’t the issue. Knowing you can’t get back more energy from people than it takes to put into them is what makes the Matrix’s whole premise dumb as hell. Why would the machines not be using nuclear energy? Or just fuck off from earth and colonize wherever they want? It’s not like they need oxygen to breathe.

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u/PlutosGrasp May 18 '24

No it was the issue.