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		jlgreco on July 3, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Michael Hastings Sent Panicked Email Hours Before ... What makes you think his case sets a lower bound on the speed required to start a fire?

fredoliveira on July 3, 2013 [–]

Well, physics.

fnordfnordfnord on July 3, 2013 | [–]

Physicists tend to like to repeat an experiment lots of times before attempting to make conclusions based on empirical observations.

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