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selim_tiotoyson Man found 'living in airport for three months' over Covid fears

Mr. Navorski?

selim_tiotoyson Entropy explained, with sheep (2016)

There is a fantastic book by Leonard Susskind [0] that tackles this questions. His answer - rooted in string theory - is based on a "landscape of possibilities" and we happen to be in the place where all elementary particles (more specifically the Higgs) had the right energy configuration.

[0] The cosmic Landscape: https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Landscape-String-Illusion-Inte...

selim_tiotoyson Ask HN: People are panic buying. What to do?

Funny how your last paragraph makes all of the above sounds irrelevant. That's the exact same rational - emotional chain "panic buyers" went through.

selim_tiotoyson Coronavirus information and extenuating circumstances policy

Why add the word "worrying" to your statement - just leave it neutral. No need to make people panic. It only leads to irrational behavior.

For context - what might have happened in WA could actually be a positive spin on the story. It would mean that the virus has been spreading for much longer than anticipated and the number of infected people might be 100x or 1000x the reported number. It's "positive" as it pushes the denominator up quite significantly, which would mean that the fatality rate is much closer to a "normal" Influenza than anything else.

If their profiling turns out to be correct - we're in a "much better situation" than we thought.

selim_tiotoyson In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster

This has to do with the fact that we in Switzerland once voted (in the early 90s) to constitutionally recognize animals, and giving them dignity. The dignity of the creature it was called. This is the reason also why you are not allowed to own just one single guinea pig or a lovebird.