[HN Gopher] Cat Gap
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       Cat Gap
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2020-10-16 21:42 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | Kednicma wrote:
       | It is essential when we look at deep time, or any sufficiently
       | high-dimensional and detailed time series, to remember that we
       | are only looking at a tiny slice. We always like to talk of "the
       | tree of life", which might mislead folks into thinking that we
       | get a clean cross-section of every branch of some high-
       | dimensional tree. But, in truth, what we get is more like a tiny
       | wedge cut out from a beanstalk with many central vines; we have
       | only small leaves and cuttings from a mighty thick overgrowth of
       | life.
        
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