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I will repeat here what I mentioned in the previous HN thread from this morning ... [1] If it's a lab screwup that's relatively good news because we can fix la
by rsync 5y ago
I will repeat here what I mentioned in the previous HN thread from this morning ... [1]
If it's a lab screwup that's relatively good news because we can fix lab screwups - it is not an indictment of our globalized, urbanized way of life.
However, if it is a natural event then it, along with SARS and MERS are starting to create a trendline that suggests our globalized and urbanized way of life has crossed a threshold and we should expect this regularly.
That's a much tougher problem to solve ...
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27394771 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27394771
- silicon2401 5y agoThis is a great example of why I find comments like "who cares" disingenuous. A good faith question would sincerely ask who cares, and why it's significant. The comment you replied to was essentially a discussion-shutdown attempt, but as you showed, there are very legitimate reasons to care.
- gumby 5y agoNot at all: while a rhetorical “who cares” is indeed an attempt to claim the entire discussion worthless, the actual question I explicitly called out, “who are the people who care and what are their motivations” is precisely not a conversation stopper. And the reply (to which you reply) expanded the scope a bit, which was interesting.