[kadendogthing]

Here is a rule:

>Please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.

Allow me to point out a few characteristics of this post:

* A submission to reddit

* No actual scientific or academic details supporting his statements. Just some known other quantitive data about the spinal cord. OP even characterizes most of his statements as "gross assumptions"

* This post to HN has been upvoted.

Here is a scientifically reasonable perspective on this subject:

https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7l56sb/how_much...