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Re:For the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest American... by mistermann on Monday October 07, 2019 @01:33PM (#21183588)
> It’s a lot easier on your sanity to just accept that (insanely) crazy coincidences happen.

Perhaps if your goal is peace of mind rather than correctness. All crazy things are not necessarily coincidences.

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Re:For the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest American... by ComputerGuru on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:35PM (#21184380)
What would you think about the whole thing if the missing money announcement came on the 9th of September ("can you believe it came less than 48 hours after Rumsfeld came public with this info!?)? The 8th? The 4th? The 1st?

The 10th of September, 2001 was a Monday. What percentage of announcements are delayed until the start of the business week? How close did this particular announcement come to being delayed to Tuesday (in which case it wouldn't have even happened)? There are so many factors that pivot on the most tenuous or whimsical of things that it actually is borderline ridiculous to read too much into any one single aspect of it.

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Re:For the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest American... by mistermann on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:41PM (#21184458)
Perhaps you didn't notice the word necessarily in my sentence.
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