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passive_fist comments on How do you tell proto-science from pseudo-science? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: passive_fist 29 November 2013 04:17:41AM *  2 points [-]

This seems like a non-obvious statement to me. Kidney function is dependent on fine microstructure: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_corpuscle

The size of each corpuscle is about the same as the size of a neuron.