Sure it could absolutely work like that. I think that actually literally is how the temperature of poikilothermic animals works, for instance. They just drift around according to the external temperature, and a lot of the time they're not able to do things because they're too cold.
If you measure their temperature then you get values all …
Sure it could absolutely work like that. I think that actually literally is how the temperature of poikilothermic animals works, for instance. They just drift around according to the external temperature, and a lot of the time they're not able to do things because they're too cold.
If you measure their temperature then you get values all over the place, it depends what the environment is doing.
Whereas the homeotherms have their temperature under really precise control, so they can be active whenever necessary.
If you measure their (core) temperature then you'll always get the same value. Even surface temps are pretty stable.
I definitely think that weight works the second way (in all animals). There's an active control mechanism, which is somehow broken in modern people. It manifests as hunger and satiety.
Do you think it works the first way, i.e if you leave people alone with lots of food they'll get fat, or if there's not much food around they'll just get thin without really noticing that they're starving or trying to do anything about it?
I think it's the vast gray area in between of systems that are not under tight control, they just kinda sorta work 85% of the time and the other 15% die cause evolution is a cruel mistress.
Like almost every other system in the body except maybe body temperature. Our light adaptation/sensors are a crude hack, as is our circadian rhytm. Our suffocation/oxygen sensor is a crude hack and we can kill ourselves by huffing & puffing and then going for a dive. Thirst. Sunburn. Pain.
I think if you leave people alone with ad lib food, what happens depends on what the food is. If the food has a metabolic effect like increased appetite, blocking satiety, leaking in the ECT, causing incorrect feedback signals for the cells.. then you might get obesity/anerexia. If not, then probably not in 99% of the people.
Sure it could absolutely work like that. I think that actually literally is how the temperature of poikilothermic animals works, for instance. They just drift around according to the external temperature, and a lot of the time they're not able to do things because they're too cold.
If you measure their temperature then you get values all over the place, it depends what the environment is doing.
Whereas the homeotherms have their temperature under really precise control, so they can be active whenever necessary.
If you measure their (core) temperature then you'll always get the same value. Even surface temps are pretty stable.
I definitely think that weight works the second way (in all animals). There's an active control mechanism, which is somehow broken in modern people. It manifests as hunger and satiety.
Do you think it works the first way, i.e if you leave people alone with lots of food they'll get fat, or if there's not much food around they'll just get thin without really noticing that they're starving or trying to do anything about it?
I think it's the vast gray area in between of systems that are not under tight control, they just kinda sorta work 85% of the time and the other 15% die cause evolution is a cruel mistress.
Like almost every other system in the body except maybe body temperature. Our light adaptation/sensors are a crude hack, as is our circadian rhytm. Our suffocation/oxygen sensor is a crude hack and we can kill ourselves by huffing & puffing and then going for a dive. Thirst. Sunburn. Pain.
I think if you leave people alone with ad lib food, what happens depends on what the food is. If the food has a metabolic effect like increased appetite, blocking satiety, leaking in the ECT, causing incorrect feedback signals for the cells.. then you might get obesity/anerexia. If not, then probably not in 99% of the people.