tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post8784358367481355850..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Social Networks and PandemicsDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-82806102917836506742020-03-15T09:36:54.763-04:002020-03-15T09:36:54.763-04:00This is a very useful line of thought. The implica...This is a very useful line of thought. The implication, however, is that it is going to change our social life significantly, and maybe not only in a transient way. For this method to work, we have to maintain this social isolation -for how long? If we are lucky, there will be an effective medication or vaccine developed and distributed in the near future. Failing this, the other defense developing long term is the immunity of the people who recovered from the disease (if there are less susceptible people, the reuniting of those severed network links won't cause a new spike of case number) - but when is this going to happen? We have to take steps to maintain the sense of belonging with those groups we severe our physical) links with, if we don't want to lose that segment of our social life. Agneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047890626000373572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-23888112645381807742020-03-14T23:05:18.887-04:002020-03-14T23:05:18.887-04:00I agree with Jenny - exponential growth is so coun...I agree with Jenny - exponential growth is so counter-intuitive that you have to have a strong faith in the intrinsic *right*ness of Math to believe it. See the book about being paid in grains of rice.... And we just had that lovely example of how bad people's math intuition is, so....mandamumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-3866642924839508512020-03-14T17:34:57.335-04:002020-03-14T17:34:57.335-04:00"Being able to understand the nature of expon..."Being able to understand the nature of exponential growth is not a very unique ability"<br /><br />Au contraire. My FB feed is full of posts essentially arguing, "That's a big number so it can't possibly be true." Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472686909226073213noreply@blogger.com