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[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Because if my parents had banged 3 days earlier I'd be much more agreeable

[-] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago

you wouldnt exist. they would've had one of their other possible children.

[-] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

3 days.... I think the same sperm could have made it.... It's possible strictly speaking

[-] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

it would have to be the identical sperm to produce you, which is highly unlikely. which sperm gets there first would be highly chaotic, so even if it was the exact same load just a small difference in time would likely mean a different sperm would get there. theres potentially hundreds of millions of sperm in a single ejaculation, so with even odds for each you have a better chance of winning the lottery than existing in this scenario.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, this also means that you wouldn't have to go back and kill your grandfather for the grandfather paradox. You wouldn't even have to cock block him. Just shake his hand. Hell, just be on the same busy street or sidewalk as him, or exist at all far enough ahead of the event, and chaos will take care of the rest.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

on the other hand who's to say that another sperm would have made a noticable difference? Maybe they'd just have a slightly better sense of smell and one fewer eyelashes

[-] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago

the fact that pretty much all siblings are way more different than that... a different sperm would just be one of your siblings.

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