It can go either way, you might get a relief of pressure or you might get an increased destabilisation in the region.

There isA study about fire fighting. If you shit down every fire quickly then eventually you’ll have a major black swan. If you let fires burn a bit more then you’ll avoid black swan effect that burns down everything

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dataflow 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Have you considered logarithms?

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taneq 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’m not sure if “let fires burn a bit more” is exactly what we’re after but hazard reduction burns are absolutely a thing and are an essential part of fire risk management. I don’t think your post deserved to get slammed like that.

The region can build up resistance to big fires by having small fires.

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ImJamal 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Are fires and earthquakes the same?

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RugnirViking 4 hours ago | parent [-]

it would appear nobody here knows. We probably ought to shut up until a seismologist decides to chime in

	▲	monster_truck 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		What would a size scientist know about fires or earthquakes anyways

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cindyllm 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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