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minus-squareaberrate_junior_beatnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI forget where I heard this but someone mentioned that a 4-dimensional being could mirror you. Doesn’t sound so bad until you realize your amino acids & stuff would all be the opposite chirality, which means you could no longer process food.
minus-squarezero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoMass Effect has a similar idea. There are species that eat levo foods and ones that eat dextro foods.
minus-squarenxdefiant@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 days agoHeh, eating isn’t the only time they have to worry about protein absorption.
I forget where I heard this but someone mentioned that a 4-dimensional being could mirror you. Doesn’t sound so bad until you realize your amino acids & stuff would all be the opposite chirality, which means you could no longer process food.
Mass Effect has a similar idea. There are species that eat levo foods and ones that eat dextro foods.
Heh, eating isn’t the only time they have to worry about protein absorption.