Even if you have a lot sprout, the amount you can plant in a field is limited.

  • sacrilegious and cram them in, they all wither away.
  • Because seedling needs a reasonable spacing to grow.

Why is a reasonable spacing necessary? Will it lose light? Will it reduce ventilation and become infested with disease?

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  • overgrown field

What I thought was different - Fields where weed grows - Weeds are unnecessary and there is no hesitation in pulling them out. - All of them are “seedlings that would be reasonably fruitful if planted and grown in a field,” which is the essence of this problem.

relevance - Quiet room metaphor


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