Cell Division!
Last night I was joking around with my 6'0, 200+ lb boyfriend and asking him how the heck he grew so big from just a tiny fetus. Much to my amusement, he actually answered my rhetorical question: "Cell Division!" As not-so-biology majors, this cracked us both up. His laughingly true comment resonates in a very odd way with Barabasi's discussion on nodes of the internet- as he explains how even latecoming nodes can become hubs by increasing their fitness, all I can think of is evolution and survival of the fittest. So what does it have to do with cell division? Can we make a connection (a "link" if you will) between the expansion of a node- division into many, many links- and the division of our cells? This is just a preliminary thought, and although I don't know much about biology, I'd definitely like to know more about these connections. Barabasi speaks of a biologist's exploration of the robustness of an organism- it's ability to survive in harsh conditions. I suppose the next time I note my boyfriend's height and weight, I'll just call him "robust".
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