I wasn't going to do this, but I'm dying in Blackfly Heat. I don't know if there are 10 right now, but I'll try. In the beginning, there was a nerve cell. We are talking about the great time of the fossils down in the creek, when life was divided into molluscs, and worms. The worms became us. That's because they had a top, and the clams were all blobby things.
Nerves were wonderful things that could transmit a whack to the clam. The main cell is the powerhouse, with mitochondria, etc. Then they have the cables, that they can grow everywhere, called axioms, but cables are good enough. Those specialists and their jargon. I call it a 'priesthood', all designed for featherbedding. That's why the physics people were destroyed early in the clange game.
A single nerve for the clam is good. It has a single axiom on the lips, and another one one the 'closing button'. When it is whacked, an electrical signal is sent from ax1 to the main cell, which has a conniption fit and energizes all the axioms. That sends an ion surge (the way the electrons move) to the door switch.
Now, the nerve cells like to duplicate and grow, and soon there are many more, mostly by evolution and nerve channels. The nerve cells do not duplicate like rabbits, or else the clam would be a 'bundle of nerves' Ha! They are high maintenance, and get in the way of living. So, the clams develop 'just enough'. Another scaling factor - too many nerves spoil the clam.
-- to be continued
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