Um, can you let the engineers know that?
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wischi@programming.dev 10 hours agoIs it though? There isn’t one part in the human body that has exactly one specific purpose. Everything is something mushy with basically one main purpose and a ton of side-quests. Almost the exact opposite of what engineers prefer.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I dunno, eyeballs are pretty much unitaskers. Vision gets used to help reinforce balance, reflexes, and proprioception, but that’s all in the brain.
Teeth might be debatable. Arguably they’re only for masticating food. The debate opens up whether other functions are physiological and so compulsory, social constructs, or neurological things we do instinctively.
With everything else, I 100% agree. It’s all an engineering nightmare to service and troubleshoot.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
In humans, the teeth are also used heavily for communication - both visual displays and making noises.
blitzen@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
What other functions do the eyes do than seeing?
asbestos@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
hurt
cattywampas@midwest.social 9 hours ago
Eyes have a huge role in communication.
blitzen@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
I don’t think I’d count that as explicitly a physical bodily function.
cattywampas@midwest.social 9 hours ago
But a function nonetheless, and it’s been one for millions of years and since before we were human.
shalafi@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Crying to release endorphins. That count?
blitzen@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
Tear ducts, sure. But eyeballs?
shalafi@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Close enough? As the eyeball lubrication system, I’d call tear ducts part of the eyeball unit. 🤷🏻 Hell, everything is ultimately part of the same unit, even the bacteria that’s not “us”.
Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 10 hours ago
Squeezing multiple features into single components? Sounds exactly like what engineers do.