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		wongarsu on Dec 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) Gases really like to mix, much more so than liquids. The box contains a baby that causes air movement (breathing and moving), I would be surprised if the box contains substantially different air than the immediate surroundings.

usrbinbash on Dec 22, 2021 [–]

Plus, the human body radiates off a lot of thermal energy, warm gases rise, so purely by thermal convection enough mixing occurs.

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