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lostmypwcanihaveurs t1_jabv1mm wrote

Reply to comment by silver_arrow666 in You can theoretically die from anything by Jeanboyx3

Entropy is a bitch, yo.

I've heard it argued that oxygen reacts with most of what humans are made of on a level that we're essentially slowly burning to death from the moment we're born. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being absolutely bonkers, how unhinged does that sound?

Also, does lack of sleep cause cell death? Seems like you might be the guy to ask.

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silver_arrow666 t1_jabvdca wrote

Yeah, and the only reason we're not constantly on fire is because the oxidation reaction is too slow to be self-sustaining, and it doesn't get hot enough. Regarding sleep deprivation I don't know a lot about it (you need a neurologist or a biologist, and I'm a chemist), but probably yes, since your life sustaining systems would shut down, causing cell death.

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