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A Unified Theory of Animal Locomotion
Roland Piquepaille writes "You probably already know that there is a master equation for all life processes based on metabolism. Now, physicists from Duke University have applied the so-called 'constructal theory' to explain how running, flying and swimming modes of locomotion are similar even if they're apparently unrelated. This single unifying physics theory explains how fast animals get from one place to another and how rapidly and forcefully they step, flap or paddle in relation to their mass. In other words, these scientists argue that the characteristics of animal shape and locomotion are predictable from physics."
To point you to a previous post i've made on this subject3 77094
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=172700&cid=14
For those to lazy to click, the important part is that Roland Piquepaille has been submitting articles since 2002 and people have probably been bitching about it since.
Y'all need to simmer down. AC's and registered users alike.
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Exactly - the parent poster is implying that birds and fish are the same, but not other organisms
... For me thought the answer is yes they are [the same].
... For me thought the answer is yes they are.
No he isn't.
Are Bird and Fish the same or different?
Here you have editorialized (a polite way of saying "put words into the mouth of") what the OP said to fit your claim by changing it's meaning rather dramatically.
Here is what the OP said:
Are Bird and Fish the same or different?
"Would you like to go the mall or would you like to go to the library?"
"Yes."
It is a not uncommon rhetorical ploy when when presented with apparently exclusive choices to answer in the singular to imply agreement with both options.
KFG