Mittening

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Mittening

Title text: Tiny hats would cost a literal fraction of the price of the mittens.

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Nobody wants to fund this scientific megaproject, but it's only $25 billion! That's less than a quarter the cost of mittening every cephalopod!

Well you should

Consider the tradeoff if those funds- wait what?

Assume a population of 1 billion cephalopods, 8 to 10 "hands" a piece, with economies of scale

Usually scientists say a project should be funded because it'll cost less than the most recent stupid war, so I thought "it'll cost less than that dumb thing" was a valid argument for funding.

In mitten production driving down-

Why is this relevant?

I'm.. I feel like your point is both correct and stupid.

To be clear I am in favor of the mittening project.

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