▲ 183 ▼ What is the scariest/creepiest theory you know about? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Disgrace6412@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 169 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Damn. I should have fact checked myself before repeating something I heard. Now I’m slightly more likely to die. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Not really— you’re only now aware of your true likelihood of dying due to new information. The likelihood itself has not changed. Sobering, isn’t it? I recommend weed. Perhaps a snort of bourbon. Maybe both. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Meh. Still not going to die. Death is a bunch of rubbish. I plan to take no part in it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago So, we'll meet here in, say, one hundred years from now? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It's a fact tied in to exponential growth, during one doubling period, as much of whatever you're tracking gets used as the entire history since that exponential growth started. That last bit is the key, human population is an exponential growth thing, but it hasn't been uninterrupted or by a constant factor. There's a long time when we were hunter/gatherers with a stable population and even in more modern ages, epidemics have reduced populations significantly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Not really— you’re only now aware of your true likelihood of dying due to new information. The likelihood itself has not changed. Sobering, isn’t it? I recommend weed. Perhaps a snort of bourbon. Maybe both. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Meh. Still not going to die. Death is a bunch of rubbish. I plan to take no part in it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago So, we'll meet here in, say, one hundred years from now? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Meh. Still not going to die. Death is a bunch of rubbish. I plan to take no part in it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago So, we'll meet here in, say, one hundred years from now? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago So, we'll meet here in, say, one hundred years from now? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It's a fact tied in to exponential growth, during one doubling period, as much of whatever you're tracking gets used as the entire history since that exponential growth started. That last bit is the key, human population is an exponential growth thing, but it hasn't been uninterrupted or by a constant factor. There's a long time when we were hunter/gatherers with a stable population and even in more modern ages, epidemics have reduced populations significantly. permalink fedilink source parent