(November 26, 2014 at 4:58 pm)lifesagift Wrote: But that begs the question, why can most people only operate in a fifth of that range?
Because human beings - like all other organisms - have limited adaptability. Functioning in that temperature range is one of the things that make us human. There are plenty of organisms which function in other temperature ranges, pressure ranges, chemical environments and so on (look up 'extremeophiles - fascinating stuff).
Like everything else, we fit into an ecological niche. This is why bracket fungi don't grow in deserts and why jellyfish aren't arboreal.
Boru
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