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minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 hours agoIs it literally electricity? Seems like the mutants with electric powers would be the most realistic, then.
minus-squareTimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 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-up2·9 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-up3·7 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
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 hours agoInitial state: all potential pumped up. Signal flow state: first pump releaes, changing potential, which triggers the next pump to release. You can think of this like a series of condenser plus transistor discharging one after another. While usual electricity is just one potential-difference.
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
Initial state: all potential pumped up.
Signal flow state: first pump releaes, changing potential, which triggers the next pump to release.
You can think of this like a series of condenser plus transistor discharging one after another.
While usual electricity is just one potential-difference.