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I am literally judging books by their cover and they assume I am a prophet. (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 months ago by [M] to c/BrandNewSentence@lemmy.today
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[–] 9 points 3 months ago (5 children)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    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

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