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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours 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.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 hours ago (1 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.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 50 minutes ago)

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