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  • I’m guessing that would be if every muscle was being used for propulsion at any given time. You’d need to allow for heart and lungs, as well as face, neck, tail muscles that don’t contribute to power output, plus legs don’t provide continuous power as they need to make a return trip.

    If we really wanted to optimise a dog for power:weight there are quite a few systems we could do away with. But it would likely result in a less floofy doggo, so it’s obviously not an option.






  • To add to this excellent answer, in my mind at least some of the confusion comes from trying to compare a number to a concept.

    Using the 0.999… example, that doesn’t have a set numeric value as such. You cant use it in an algebraic formula to calculate a fixed result. Logically, it’s a number just below 1.0, but mathematically, every time you try to make that distinction it effectively shifts the goal posts.

    It’s like the old “count to infinity” bit, it’s not impossible because it’s a big number, it’s impossible because it’s not a number at all, it’s a concept.