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Effect of a giant meteorite impact on Paleoarchean environment and life

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133 points kristianp | 3 comments | 17 Nov 24 00:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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hehehheh ◴[17 Nov 24 02:33 UTC] No.42161524[source]▶
When is the next one coming? Or what is the probability distributuon like?
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patrickthebold ◴[17 Nov 24 02:48 UTC] No.42161595[source]▶
It's a poisson distribution.
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dataflow ◴[17 Nov 24 03:07 UTC] No.42161682[source]▶
Have the data actually been fit a Poisson distribution? Or is this is just a guess assuming constant rate and independence?
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1. glial ◴[17 Nov 24 03:35 UTC] No.42161792{3}[source]▶
No natural phenomena ever exactly fits any probability distribution.
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2. dataflow ◴[17 Nov 24 03:39 UTC] No.42161805[source]▶
Right but I'm saying do we have data showing it's even close? (Genuinely asking, I have no idea.)
3. Q_is_4_Quantum ◴[17 Nov 24 04:23 UTC] No.42161945[source]▶
except the emission spectra from atoms :)