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Re:First human case of avian flu in Texas by geteegudc on Monday April 01, 2024 @02:44PM (#39897608)
99% of them are far from you physically. If you weren’t personally affected it probably doesn’t matter to you.

I was unlucky and lost 3 grandparents between my wife and I. Matters more to me probably.

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Re:First human case of avian flu in Texas by tshaddox on Monday April 01, 2024 @02:50PM (#39897675)
I doubt that they're disproportionately far from my physically.
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Re:First human case of avian flu in Texas by geteegudc on Monday April 01, 2024 @04:18PM (#39898702)
I am really aiming for density here. I don’t think it’s weird (or debatable) that humans don’t care as much about other humans that are far away. They care about ones that are closer.

The thing is lack of density was sufficient to trigger this lack of care. Kind of interesting.

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