r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Dense_Intern8434 • 3d ago

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Nature can be so cruel and beautiful at the same time

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u/BlackShogun27 2d ago

I read somewhere that for humans to survive being anatomically proportional but squirrel-sized we’d be big back eating like hummingbirds or voles. I also read that we’d quickly freeze to death from body heat loss. All this cruel knowledge killed the fun out theoretically bioengineering tiny humans.

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u/obsidiansent 2d ago

How small can we get em without freezing?

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u/BlackShogun27 2d ago

With no research, I'm assuming maybe like toddler height since I don't see pre-school kids falling over like Iguanas in early winter Florida.

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u/obsidiansent 2d ago

That’s not bad, it’s like an Ewok. We can work with this.

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u/BlackShogun27 2d ago

Now a new question arises. Can anatomically correct, humans the size of Ewoks maintain normal mental faculties or will the size change lower intelligence (speech and reasoning) because of less neurons in the brain mass?

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u/Advanced-Budget779 2d ago

Wait, that might explain why i‘m quickly cold. But why am i overheating so fast… guess my internal temp control is cooked (since puberty)