[ExI] cog bias again

[William Flynn Wallace]

Perhaps the Sturgis bikers were unusual as a sample.  Significantly fewer
than average rates of infection in those bikers.  What do you know about
bikers in general?  Any other samples of bikers available?  And I'll bet
those college students were mostly inside when they contracted the virus -
lined up to get cards for classes - that sort of thing, if they still do
that - not likely.

The only thing that keeps me from believing that about the bikers is the
huge sample.  Not very likely that it is skewed in some way.

Good luck.  Just stay out of your wife's tranquilizers.  bill w

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 2:37 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *Cc:* William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] cog bias again
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> Doctor, do I need to check in at the asylum?  Or am I safe to leave out on
> the street?  Are there medications for LIGO/Sturgis Syndrome?
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> spike
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> Prepare a very large pot of chicken broth, good for what ails you, ya
> know, and let it cool down some, then stick your head in it repeatedly
> until all dissonance is gone, approximately three years…
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> Tried that, didn’t work.  I did make quite a mess and looked silly, so I
> gave up that therapy.
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>  >…Does anyone know if viruses are susceptible to sunlight?  UV gets
> through clouds, as we know.  Perhaps it kills enough of the virus so that
> if it is inhaled it's not strong enough to battle with the immune system…
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> I am reaching for all kinds of explanations like that: the virus was
> weakened by UV, inhaled, created a kind of partial vaccine-effect where
> proles’ immune systems were alerted but the virus didn’t arrive full
> strength as it would in an indoor infection.
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> >…Just how much testing of the Sturgis people was done?
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> We don’t really know which is part of what makes this a crazy-difficult
> puzzle.
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> >…If my idea is right, then we ought to find a lot of cases of infection
> but few people with symptoms.
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> Ja, very plausible.  The extra sunlight somehow temporarily boosted immune
> systems, causing them to catch but be asymptomatic.
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> The LIGO case is too far out for me.    bill w
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> No way Jose!  You are closer to the actual instrument than most of us
> here: three hour ride down Interstate 55 to Livingston Louisiana.  I would
> go there just hoping to watch it vibrate, even knowing that I couldn’t see
> it vibrate.  I would go there just to walk on sacred holy ground.  This
> place is the scientists’ version of the invisible guy in Hawaii: we built
> these big expensive things to look at some mysterious invisible waves from
> ancient times, we insist they are real and they compel us to do silly
> things like drive three hours to look at an enormous pipe.
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> spike
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