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• 09:50 Idea: forecasts should show two 'numbers' for rain - probability and 'density'. Example: "30% chance of periods of rain" (rain 60% of time). #

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Writer's Block: Spirits

Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever encountered one? View other answers

First: "believe in" is the wrong phrase. I don't believe in torture, but it still exists.

Second: to my recollection, I have never encountered anything that appeared to be a ghost.

Finally: based on my knowledge of the sciences (from physics to biology to neuroscience to computer science), the existence of ghosts strikes me as not merely implausible, but downright ludicrous. fin.