Well, it does look that killing a big species is like freezing a body to absolute zero.
I am ready to buy that 0%-10% killers are distributed according to the promised power law, if you buy that reducing human population from X to kX costs -log k. Note that this doesn’t alter your observed power law at all.
Why this? Because you have to be stronger than random resistances (due to genetics, lifestyle, health conditions etc.) present in different slices in populations.
Also, any virus will evolve while it infects a billion humans; there is a pressure to spread better and leave host alive.
And long incubation period cuts both ways — either you are stealth for years, or you are spread by air next week.
Well, it does look that killing a big species is like freezing a body to absolute zero.
I am ready to buy that 0%-10% killers are distributed according to the promised power law, if you buy that reducing human population from X to kX costs -log k. Note that this doesn’t alter your observed power law at all.
Why this? Because you have to be stronger than random resistances (due to genetics, lifestyle, health conditions etc.) present in different slices in populations.
Also, any virus will evolve while it infects a billion humans; there is a pressure to spread better and leave host alive.
And long incubation period cuts both ways — either you are stealth for years, or you are spread by air next week.