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Entirety of humanity? ~ 1/12th of the current population of the Earth, sure. However, (as of a 2009 estimate) there have been around 106 billion homo sapiens t
by stuhacking 16y ago
Entirety of humanity?
~ 1/12th of the current population of the Earth, sure. However, (as of a 2009 estimate) there have been around 106 billion homo sapiens to have lived.
Not to diminish the impact of your statistic with pedantry or anything. :)
source: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=population+of+the+earth&a=*MC.the+earth-_*Country- http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=population+of+the+earth...
- jerf 16y agoI don't think it's all that shocking that we don't measure the dead people in that metric. That's not pedantry, that's deliberately twisting words to make a true statement false and then chortling about it.
- nkohari 16y agoIsn't that the point of a good proportion of comments on Hacker News? It seems to be.
- stuhacking 16y agoIt seems I made a light hearted comment on Hacker News. What was I thinking!
- stuhacking 16y agoGeez, It was a joke. When did Hackers eschew humour again? Joking aside though - He did use the phrase 'entirety of humanity'. On the basis of that, I did not twist his words.