Social distancing

[UncleEbenezer]

On a non-monster group, a famous Eureka moment in what was recent history when I knew Conway and Norton:

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[jackdaww]

Yes, lots of people seem think this CV19 thing is all but done.

I was chatting by text with someone the other day and she said (something along the lines of) "I'm so happy lockdown is being lifted, I can't wait to see the back of this virus. Just a few weeks now and we'll be back to normal in time for summer."

Shock horror. I suspect this expectation is widespread amongst those who don't pay much attention to the technical stuff of pandemics.

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very sadly , many think(?) like this.

the word "dumbo" sprang to mind .

[Gengulphus]

Agreed. I think though it was Conway (with the late Simon Norton) who coined the name Monstrous Moonshine

Yes, I also think that's the case, and so does Wikipedia - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstrous_moonshine.

Gengulphus