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I’m confused...
Imagine driving across a freeway at 90mph and you decide to shift gears from D to R. What are the consequences? I think the engine will either stall (and suffer damage) or nothing will happen if your car is recent (electronic safety measures require you to get your speed down)
The flagella is 0.00000002 meters in length and has a rotor spinning 100000 revolutions per minute. The cell/flagella decides for some reason or another to shift gears, but before it does, it reduces its rotational speed to 25000 rpm and then immediately reverses direction, putting it on a new course. This is pure mindfuckery
@rj144 How do you see it from a mechanics perspective?