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Proximately, because it's really interesting. A step beyond that whale falls were mentioned in a good recent SSC post on slack using them as an example of a si
by Symmetry 6y ago
Proximately, because it's really interesting. A step beyond that whale falls were mentioned in a good recent SSC post on slack using them as an example of a situation where suddenly there's a lot of slack in some creatures' existences.
[1]https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/05/12/studies-on-slack/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/05/12/studies-on-slack/
- proto-n 6y agoJust what I wanted to link, highly recommended reading to anyone with the time.
- graphpapa 6y agoSSC also uses the a whalefall event as a very effective analogy in this older post: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ Which was the first thing to come to mind when I saw this post