Duplicants should be dead

[S19TealPenguin]

Edit: This post is only talking about if ONI existed IRL. I am not arguing for implementation of features.

 

Duplicants either have super-human biology or they should be dead within several cycles.

 

Why?

 

Because of the air that they breathe. They are only happy breathing Oxygen.

 

But isn't Oxygen good?

 

Yes. However, these dupes are living in 100% Oxygen. While O2 is good in small doses, it can be damaging to us if we are exposed to too much. I'll let Wikipedia explain Oxygen Toxicity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity

 

Also, at 100% oxygen, fires could start very easily, and be very hard to put out. Considering that the default wires aren't insulated, any small circuit problems could start a Very dangerous fire.

 

Additionally, if you have ever sent a dupe into a Caustic biome, you may as well have signed their death warrant. Chlorine is very toxic to humans, even in small amounts. And you've just sent a dupe into cave with 100% chlorine gas.

 

 

[fishoutofwater]

they are clones from printing pod, maybe not entirely human, they probably have enhanced synthetic nano-technology lungs.

[Neotuck]

Who said duplicates are humans? 

[Greep]

Dupes can survive about a day fully submerged in magma.  You're complaining about this? XD

[PhailRaptor]

So it never occurred to you that the are Duplicants, and not humans?  That they might have biology that differs from ours?  Or that perhaps they, and the asteroid they inhabit, are not real?  That it's all part of a grand simulation?

[BlueLance]

They can hold their breath for a long time, can be exposed to high temperature, low temperature, vacuums. All with little to no discomfort. They also are made up of genetic ooze.

[Gurgel]

Dupes also consume about 10 times as much Oxygen as an average human, while being half as heavy, And they fall compulsively asleep every 10 Minutes. So Humans might not be a good analogy....

As to fires, don't give Klei ideas

[Hellshound38]

Or maybe the Dev making the Earth simulator in the real world attempted to add multiplayer to his world sim and it messed up all his gas calculations and he said screw it, and that is why we can't breathe 100% oxygen.

[BT_20]

Mixing,Burning, and oxidation don’t exist in the ONI universe so I don’t understand your argument

I mean almost none of the reactions between elements work as the would in real life but there’s nothing wrong with that rather than complain you should accept that oni isn’t the same as the real world.

[0xFADE]

Gotta pick your battles man. 

[NurdRage]

The absolute pressure of oxygen might be low enough to avoid the long-term effects of oxygen toxicity. As long as they maintain the same partial pressure.

Early spacecraft used pure oxygen atmospheres since it was easier to maintain. Pressures were kept between 5-9 psi rather than 15 psi as on earth. 

But eventually they switched over to compositions close to earth standard (21% O2, 79% N2). Turns out that at low pressure it's harder to ventilate the air and maintain equipment performance. After all, all equipment is designed on earth, at normal pressure. Since it didn't require too much more engineering, both soviet and american space programs eventually switched over.

Spacesuits though still use the low pressure approach. Just because it's easier to move around without the spacesuit blowing up like a balloon. 

Interestingly enough, one of the big problems with low pressure is heating and cooling. Low pressure air is not as good at heat transfer (both conductive and convective) as normal or high pressure air. So thermal design of equipment was an issue.

Maybe the problems with heat management in ONI is because the air pressure is crap.

 

 

[dinosaur1831]

I think it's implied that the oxygen also has nitrogen in it which would bring the percentage of oxygen way, way down.

[CherryHavoc]

I don't think anybody has mentioned yet how they only need 1000 calories a day, while an actual human would need at least twice as much.

[MoribundEidolon]

Pressure is decent based on ideal gas laws. 1 kg of O2 per cubic meter at 23 Celsius is about 76 kPa or 11 psi. Assuming I did my math right.

[Kroning]

You are right. They are dead and making their after-life trip. You are next.

[jigggy2000]

20 hours ago, NurdRage said:

 

Maybe the problems with heat management in ONI is because the air pressure is crap.

 

 

[absimiliard]

OMG Jiggy2000, that is awesome!

[Kabrute]

5 hours ago, CherryHavoc said:

I don't think anybody has mentioned yet how they only need 1000 calories a day, while an actual human would need at least twice as much.

according to science a "Calorie restricted diet has been shown to improve the lifespan of mice by as much as 40%"  Beyond that these are clearly experimental life forms with capabilities for beyond standard humanity yet in no way has humanity been shown to be intrinsically limited in the way we apply as such the genetic limits of our species may far exceed what we ourselves are capable of pushing them too for lack of activation triggers on the sequences.  In point of fact the majority of "facts" about the human body all have oppositional statements that also hold true.  Humans require _____ liters of water per day.  "60 year old man survives 2 weeks in the desert" or how about Gurus capable of extreme periods of fasting?  Humans dies of hypothermia on exposure to extreme cold.  ::watches a video about a group called the polar bear club::  ever limit humanity has set, it has likewise found some way to push beyond.  Were we to create genetically perfect beings it is likely they would be superhuman compared to us, in nearly every regard.