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To: cosmicforce who wrote (495041)7/21/2022 12:21:40 AM
From: S. maltophilia  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541429
 
found it on some click-bait site on my news feed

Linking to the NYT? Wow!<g>

my training has made me "teleological"

Yeah. Things ought to have a purpose of some kind. People should self-assess and confirm their usefulness?

if there are "one in a million" stories

Change the denominator to a billion or so. You'll feel better. Good night.



To: cosmicforce who wrote (495041)7/21/2022 9:09:35 AM
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CNN: “The amount of ice that melted in Greenland between July 15 and 17 alone – 6 billion tons of water per day – would be enough to fill 7.2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.”

“Put another way, it was enough to cover the entire state of West Virginia with a foot of water.”