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by mdemare 157 days ago
For those that want to stick with thermodynamics, imagine an organism that stores 1% of consumed calories as fat, and uses the other 99%, and that cannot - for whichever reason - turn fat back into calories.

Completely in accordance with thermodynamics, and yet, "just eat less" doesn't work.

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> cannot - for whichever reason - turn fat back into calories.

That organism has been outcompeted (darwinized-out) long ago by other organisms that are able to.

Being more specific, humans are not that organism.

Organism, not species.
Ok, Mr. Pedantic. Can you find me one of these organisms, or is this another spherical cow moment?