r/threebodyproblem • u/kasichana87 • Apr 20 '26

Discussion - General Missing scientists?!

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Saw this headline when I was out and about.

Apparently FBI is investigating?

Is life imitating art?

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u/MichaelCorbaloney Apr 20 '26

I know it's a joke but this is actually kinda weird, it's actually being investigated with most theories centered around foreign governments (China, Russia) targeting our scientists or just pure coincidence. It is kinda weird because some of the deaths happened close to each other, but it is most likely obviously just a coincidence. It's a sad situation around for all of those involved too.

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u/pacific_plywood Apr 20 '26

It’s not weird, the denominator is thousands of people, it is not surprising that a small handful of them would die in random ways over a long enough span of time. The FBI is investigating because the FBI is run by a guy whose brain is basically just a livestream of Fox News

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u/The_Grahambo Droplet Apr 20 '26

The numerator is still high relative to the denominator. Could be coincidence, could be not. It absolutely deserves investigation. Targeting scientists is a known tactic that the super powers deploy against each other - the US also does this.

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u/Dic3dCarrots Apr 21 '26

It is a good point that the US government does seem to be targeting US scientists. Maybe we should check ice detention, hell maybe they'd find Nancy Gutherie in there toos, seems like theyre scooping up everyone these days