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I learned about Dunbar’s number

(~150) is the size of a community in which everyone knows each other’s identities and roles.

In anthropology class. You can ask someone to write down the name of everyone they can think of, real or fictional, live or dead and most people will not make it to 250.

Some individuals like professional gossip columnists or some politicians can remember as many as 1,000 people.


Dunbar's number is largely psuedoscience. Dunbar just took the group size of gorillas, scaled up to humans based on brain size, and then published, without bothering with silly little details like actually testing human group sizes.

When are they going to release Hunter Biden's laptop? The FBI has it. (supposedly)


With age comes four molecular hallmarks: chronic inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, genome instability, and epigenetic changes. Recent findings have pinpointed the epigenome as a major driver of physiological aging.


Two mushrooms walk into a bar.

The bartender says "You can't come in here."

They say "Oh C'mon we're fun guys!"


He looks at the religious statues in the corner and says "the last of your lot ended up destroying Angels!"


For those who don't get the joke -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroying_angel (destroying angel mushroom)


Like celebrity deaths, news about RwR comes in threes.


I'm going to repurpose a quote I saw from a 'distinguished' (old) science fiction writer, I can't remember who.

I know writers who have stopped selling, but I don't know any writers who have stopped writing.


Yes I did find that paper, I did not find which one of the 5 authors it was, or someone not listed as an author. The word 'vacation' is not in the paper. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.02177.


Hug of death for me.


ok 3 mins! doing too many things at once. hence the tool!


we are back!


The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has documented over 100 people killed in the United States and Canada in attacks committed by extremists linked to the white supremacist movement since 2014.

google is your friend


So 10 per year across 2 countries? You know, Google also says that 20-30 people die of lightning strikes per year in the US alone. Lightning injury rates are higher still. The more you know!


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Thanks to reading The Three Body Problem, I can imagine.

https://three-body-problem.fandom.com/wiki/Sophons


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