• iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    he would have to snap his fingers infinitely many times to kill everyone so he is not that powerful

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      7 days ago

      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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        6 days ago

        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.

          • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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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.