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- From: joff@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (Joffre Horlor)
- Subject: The HN of the Kazerpillar
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- Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 00:54:34 GMT
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- Here is a simple thought experiment which I think disposes of the idea
- that creatures with `Holden Numbers' greater than around 27 can't exist
- in our world:
-
- Take this Kaz person weighing 350 lbs and lifting 1000. The HN is:
-
- (1000 + 350) / 350^(2/3) = ~27.
-
- Now take two Kazes, each weighing 350 lbs and lifting 1000 standing
- side-by-side. Now connect the two Kazes together in whatever way
- needed to make the result a single creature (e.g. remove the head of
- one of them and connect the body to the other Kazes' nervous system).
- What is the HN of this KazKaz creature? Well it weighs 350 + 350 =
- 700 lbs and can lift 1000 + 1000 = 2000, so:
-
- (2000 + 700) / 700^(2/3) = ~34.
-
- See what an extra set of legs and muscles can do ? There seems no reason
- why KazKaz cannot exist in our world if Kaz can (remember - KazKaz is
- simply two Kazes standing beside each other who have been `connected'
- somehow into one creature).
-
- To take this idea to the extreme, consider 100 Kazes all connected up
- into one creature and all weighing 350 lbs and lifting 1000. The
- resultant Kazerpillar has a HN of:
-
- (100 * 1000 + 100 * 350) / (100 * 350)^(2/3) = ~126.
-
- In conclusion there seems to be no reason why animals with
- ever-increasing HNs can't be created in 1g simply by adding extra sets
- of legs and muscles.
- --
- Joffre Horlor (joff@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz) | "Did somebody
- Department of Computer Science, University of Canterbury, | say `mattress' to
- Christchurch, New Zealand. | Mr Lambert ?"
-
-
- --
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- Joffre Horlor (joff@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz) | "Did somebody
- Department of Computer Science, University of Canterbury, | say `mattress' to
- Christchurch, New Zealand. | Mr Lambert ?"
-