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landryraccoon
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New insights into mitochondria reveal how life exp...
My laptop has more screws than CPUs. Does that mean my laptop is more of a screw holder than a computer?
masonic
on Jan 28, 2019
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It will be a functional screw holder longer than it will be a functional computer.
gbaygon
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wouldn't it be a fairer comparison screws to transistors?
landryraccoon
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Analogies are pretty imperfect, but maybe lithium battery cells would be a better analogy to mitochondria.
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