How the Square-cube law denies the physical possibility of Giants?

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And what are the fundamental laws of nature that need to be changed for a creature like this to exist?

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As the surface area of an animal increases, the volume increases at a faster rate. Because body mass generates heat, and skin dispels heat, the heat cannot be lost fast enough as size grows.

If you took the body composition of a human and made them bigger, they would cook themselves.

Basically, a giant could exist, but they would not exactly resemble humans as they would need better ways of cooling themselves.

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