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minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 hours agoI thought it was just an instantaneous, every living thing has a 50/50 chance of living or dying. No rounding, no species specific exceptions.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoSo that means that since bacteria and the like outnumber us by orders of magnitude, statistically speaking, multicellular life would be wiped out completely.
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoThat’s not how probabilities work. Every lifeform flips a coin. It doesn’t matter what everyone else got, you still have a 50/50 chance.
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 hours agoNo, they reproduce pretty quickly. Wipe out 50 % of the bacteria in your body, and they will recover in a few hours.
I thought it was just an instantaneous, every living thing has a 50/50 chance of living or dying. No rounding, no species specific exceptions.
So that means that since bacteria and the like outnumber us by orders of magnitude, statistically speaking, multicellular life would be wiped out completely.
That’s not how probabilities work. Every lifeform flips a coin. It doesn’t matter what everyone else got, you still have a 50/50 chance.
No, they reproduce pretty quickly. Wipe out 50 % of the bacteria in your body, and they will recover in a few hours.