• GladiusB
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    38 hours ago

    That is NOT how species replicate. There are many factors where that number comes from. Including food and space to keep them. I read in college the max for humans is something like 10 million. But most scientists think it’s a already slowing down due to the struggles everyone deals with.

    • @MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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      111 minutes ago

      You mean 10 billion?

      Large cities can have more than 10 million people, so I assume you mean the other thing.

      Bluntly, half of the occupants of residences would be gone, and their stuff would be up for grabs. It would take a few years to stabilize afterwards, but it would mostly be business as usual for those who survived the snap (apart from the obvious mental trauma).

      Enough homes exist for the number of people who live here now, whether those homes are condos, apartments, detached homes, townhouses, or otherwise. A lot of people would be able to move somewhere more permanent, because the housing market would crash pretty hard.

      As we refill the homes the population would naturally return to the same level of growth we have seen previously… So after a few years, maybe a decade, max, humanity would be back on the population train straight to 8B again for sometime between 2050 and 2075.

      Humans don’t really follow the same population rules as apply to animals, bacteria, or other organisms in general.

    • @BallsandBayonets
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      10 million sounds great, maybe the housing market would finally self correct.

      • GladiusB
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        That is not the only factor. But yes it would increase food capacity. But species are very aware of their drain on an eco system. We are starting to become more aware. But we know killing off one bug will effect harvests that effect everything including our food’s food.