[HN Gopher] The fundamental thermodynamic costs of communication
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       The fundamental thermodynamic costs of communication
        
       Author : g0xA52A2A
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2023-02-12 18:32 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | joe__f wrote:
       | I like how "Due to the generality of our model, our findings
       | could help explain empirical observations of how thermodynamic
       | costs of information transmission make inverse multiplexing
       | energetically favorable in many real-world communication
       | systems." makes it sound like biology is not the real world
        
         | jfoutz wrote:
         | Took me a while to understand this comment. I'm not a
         | biologist.
         | 
         | A nerve, is a whole big bundle of axons[1]. Looks like each
         | bundle carries hundreds or thousands of connections down to a
         | muscle.
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         | 1
         | http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/physio/vlab/other_exps/CAP/ner...
        
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