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		Mathematics predicts a sixth mass extinction (news.mit.edu)
		22 points by clumsysmurf on Sept 23, 2017 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

fuse117 on Sept 23, 2017 [–]

Mathematics does not predict anything, let alone a mass extinction. Some model, which is mathematically based, might predict a mass extinction.

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