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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So that means that since bacteria and the like outnumber us by orders of magnitude, statistically speaking, multicellular life would be wiped out completely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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