• Zron@lemmy.world
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    That’s an interesting question as to whether the infinity gauntlet rounds down.

    Like, if there were 3 survivors of a species and thanos snapped the universe, does the gauntlet round up to 2 survivors, or down to one?

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      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.

      • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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        So that means that since bacteria and the like outnumber us by orders of magnitude, statistically speaking, multicellular life would be wiped out completely.

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          No, they reproduce pretty quickly. Wipe out 50 % of the bacteria in your body, and they will recover in a few hours.

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          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.

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          Does not compute

          Any chance you’re a lawyer? It would make more sense to want to hammer out the precise rules of the fake universe if you’re a rule lover

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                    No idea. I just read heard that this is A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

                    Maybe something to do with stems with a lot of CAPITAL.