[spacetimeuser5]

>>how is the intracellular space denser than the extracellular?

Gemini: ``` Yes, the intracellular space is denser than the extracellular space:

Here's why:

    Packing: Cells are packed with molecules like proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids. These molecules take up a significant amount of space within the cell, leaving little room for just water.
    Solutes: The intracellular space contains a higher concentration of dissolved molecules (solutes) compared to the extracellular space. This contributes to a higher density.
    Extracellular Matrix: The extracellular space, on the other hand, contains a looser network of connective tissues and fluids like interstitial fluid. This allows for more space between molecules, resulting in a lower density.

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>>Still, trying to really figure out what the 'intention' was all those billions of years ago is hard

With this logic you'll need another billion of years to randomly figure it out. I'd rather focus on how/efficiently does such position contribute to a specific current experimental methodology or results.

[Balgair]

I mean, Gemini is just wrong here.

Yeah, sure cell densities vary (fat vs muscle) but pretty much any cell sample you're going to gather is going to be near the same density as the surrounding water environment. Again, there is a lot of variation though. The end result is that the density of a cell is near enough the density of water, it's not 100x more dense. I mean, iron is only ~8x more dense than water.

[spacetimeuser5]

100x was a demo, not an actual number. But please explain how does intracellular content with DNA, RNA, proteins, structural organoids and all of these metabolic constituents [0] is supposed to be the density of water. You want the cells in an endotelium of a blood vessel to float, allow the blood to get into the wall of the vessel and get hematomas and hemmorhages?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Metabolic_Metro_Map.svg