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by divbzero 1437 days ago
Unfortunately the troughs of the waves are at minimum zero so we cannot benefit from negative interference to cancel out waves.
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Or perhaps the right mental model is to treat help from others as negative waves. When you anticipate a particularly busy “rogue wave” you arrange help with shopping, food prep, family care, etc., to cancel out some portion of that wave.