Is he ill or something?
He doesn't seem old enough to be fading out so often like he does... Is he lost in a world of data even when he's giving talks?
That's in the last year. Looks like there are 31 stories total with no (live) comments and > 89 points. But then there are all the ones where people posted about there being lots of points and no comments...
I meant "That's a first" as in it was a first for me. I've seen threads almost empty where the only comments are discussion why they are so empty, but that's usually within 5-6 hours of the thread creation. I've never personally seen a completely empty thread. This seems like an extreme anomaly personally, at least until you revealed the statistics.
The thing about statistics is that while you have a statistical explanation on the population level you still have an individual explanation on the level of individuals.