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How long could the human race survive on only cannibalism? (youtube.com)
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[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

if we eat 1/2 of the remaining humanity each time, we can go until forever

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In reality, the human population is an element of the natural numbers, i.e. division only works until only fractions of humans are left.

Edit: Typo

[–] Astronut@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

I’d hang out near the trains in India myself. Would be like a buffet!