compostgoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone to memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agoI didn't have high expectations to start withlemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1663arrow-down18
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minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoIs it literally electricity? Seems like the mutants with electric powers would be the most realistic, then.
minus-squareTimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoit’s electricity among other things. neurons communicate with each other using chemicals but within a single neuron it’s electrical. your heartbeat is electrical too
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours ago Is it literally electricity? No, it’s not. It’s cascades of ion potentials. That’s why it’s slow and touch-sensitive.
minus-squareTimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agohow is ionic potential not electricity? what is it if not that? I thought ion potential was just how electrically charged the thing is
Is it literally electricity? Seems like the mutants with electric powers would be the most realistic, then.
it’s electricity among other things. neurons communicate with each other using chemicals but within a single neuron it’s electrical.
your heartbeat is electrical too
No, it’s not. It’s cascades of ion potentials. That’s why it’s slow and touch-sensitive.
how is ionic potential not electricity? what is it if not that? I thought ion potential was just how electrically charged the thing is