Spinach and a sunbeam
September 17, 2020 4:24 PM Subscribe
Being able to be a solar-powered human sounds pretty nice and would free a person up to do lots of cool things, like slowly hike major trails or just sit outside somewhere pretty for months on with almost no impact, end with minimal gear as long as you had access to water.
Also not having to poop would also probably be nice and finally end the endless debates and opinions about wiping butts.
Also, I'll save someone the trouble:
MetaFilter: Endless debates and opinions about wiping butts.
posted by loquacious at 5:19 PM on September 17, 2020 [9 favorites]
Also not having to poop would also probably be nice and finally end the endless debates and opinions about wiping butts.
Also, I'll save someone the trouble:
MetaFilter: Endless debates and opinions about wiping butts.
posted by loquacious at 5:19 PM on September 17, 2020 [9 favorites]
Cue a whole new category of SUNPOWER PILL snake oil.
posted by grumpybear69 at 6:28 PM on September 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by grumpybear69 at 6:28 PM on September 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
Every now and then, I remind myself that humans actually do practice photosynthesis... of vitamin D.
posted by mhum at 6:32 PM on September 17, 2020 [4 favorites]
posted by mhum at 6:32 PM on September 17, 2020 [4 favorites]
Done it.
posted by jscalzi at 6:32 PM on September 17, 2020 [14 favorites]
posted by jscalzi at 6:32 PM on September 17, 2020 [14 favorites]
The vegans are going to be unstoppable now.
posted by saturday_morning at 7:34 PM on September 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by saturday_morning at 7:34 PM on September 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
I had an art teacher who once subsisted on a carrot diet and her skin turned orange from all the carotene. You are what you eat.
The life span effect is interesting. The researchers expose treated worms to one frequency of visible (red) light absorbed by the pigment and they get bonus longevity. I wonder how much of that gain is lost, with exposure to UV in regular sunlight.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 11:11 PM on September 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
The life span effect is interesting. The researchers expose treated worms to one frequency of visible (red) light absorbed by the pigment and they get bonus longevity. I wonder how much of that gain is lost, with exposure to UV in regular sunlight.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 11:11 PM on September 17, 2020 [1 favorite]
slowly hike major trails or just sit outside somewhere pretty for months on with almost no impact, end with minimal gear as long as you had access to water.
You've described my dream existence. Where do I sign?
posted by furnace.heart at 7:45 AM on September 18, 2020
You've described my dream existence. Where do I sign?
posted by furnace.heart at 7:45 AM on September 18, 2020
I have to wonder what our microbiome would make of all this.
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 12:29 PM on September 18, 2020
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 12:29 PM on September 18, 2020
This was the subject of one of the first books that I remember reading.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 5:22 PM on September 19, 2020
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 5:22 PM on September 19, 2020
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GOALS.
posted by clew at 4:26 PM on September 17, 2020 [3 favorites]