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The largest indicator of bullshit (as I've commented below) is that based on their model, ALL infections of this type go to zero. They could have modeled Apple, Google, Christianity, or Bitcoin and reach the same conclusion (albeit with different timeframes, I'm sure).


The rise in consumption of hamburgers follows an infectious curve-- thus we predict that humanity will be hamburger-free within 2090. /s

Agreed. Not everything is a fad.


I am rather surprised by this constraint on the model, as an extremely straightforward modification to the standard SIR model allows for diseases to reach an endemic equilibrium state.




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