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Re:A Big Ring on the Sky by glandium on Monday May 27, 2024 @04:42PM (#40494478)
> Why do planets look like a sphere (approximately)? Because that's the most probable shape if things happen randomly.

That has actually nothing to do with randomness, and everything to do with gravity. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/planets-round/en/

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Re:A Big Ring on the Sky by hughesjj on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @12:43AM (#40497393)
which, to be clear, is the exact point the parent comment is making.

Randomness only favors something over noise if there is a non random process determining the structure

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