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To save some time for the rest of us: > If we guess a President will serve on average about 6 years, then [1 in (6 times 4.0 million =) 24 million] babies will

To save some time for the rest of us: > If we guess a President will serve on average about 6 years, then [1 in (6 times 4.0 million =) 24 million] babies will someday be President.

esrauch 3y ago
I prefer the interpretation of an ominous prediction that the presidency will be filled by 24 million babies someday soon. Switzerland does have a committee of 7 people as president, only a small step from that to 24 million babies.
- JBiserkov 3y ago
  The intelligence of current generation of "AI" has been compared to a baby's, so... ;-)
- egeozcan 3y ago
  Of course it's a very small step to make babies amounting to 3 times the current population of Switzerland (so assuming roughly a 50/50 female/male divide, everyone needs to make 6 babies on average, in the same year so they will still all be babies when the last one is born? that's probably impossible for the females but we are already way into the science-fiction category) and put them all in a committee. The more I think about this, the funnier and more complicated this gets.
  - column 3y ago
    What do you mean, "that's *probably* impossible" to make 6 babies from the same mother in a single year? Takes about 9 months to output a human, you know?
    - CapitalistCartr 3y ago
      Ha! Nine women can have that baby in one month; management says so.
    - kgwgk 3y ago
      > Takes about 9 months to output a human, you know? It can also be done months faster getting multiple humans though.
    - jrm415 3y ago
      It’s not impossible to have sextuplets. It’s probably impossible for a population to average that rate though.
    - atq2119 3y ago
      Twins and larger multiples are a thing...
    - egeozcan 3y ago
      > Takes about 9 months to output a human Takes about 9 months to output N humans where N approaches to 1 on large averages as even twin births are like 1.2 percent. Also many females cannot be pregnant again for a while after giving birth, even if we had sped up the pregnancy. To average 6 babies, we need something like giving birth to triplets every 5 months in average, which improbable even if we had the technology, will and the economics that could support this. But you know, "improbable" is such a funny word, especially out of context :)
- __MatrixMan__ 3y ago
  I was once informed that everybody has eaten at least eight spiders in their sleep. Another person in the same car confidently confirmed: > It's true, if you're on you deathbed and you've only eaten one spider seven more come along and jump right in there at that last second. I figured it was that sort of reasoning that got us to 24 million babies.
  - Bluem00 3y ago
    This particular "fact" actually has a known source. Someone made it up as an example of the kinds of things people will believe: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swallow-spiders/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swallow-spiders/

To save some time for the rest of us: > If we guess a President will serve on average about 6 years, then [1 in (6 times 4.0 million =) 24 million] babies will someday be President.

esrauch 3y ago

I prefer the interpretation of an ominous prediction that the presidency will be filled by 24 million babies someday soon. Switzerland does have a committee of 7 people as president, only a small step from that to 24 million babies.

JBiserkov 3y ago
The intelligence of current generation of "AI" has been compared to a baby's, so... ;-)
egeozcan 3y ago
Of course it's a very small step to make babies amounting to 3 times the current population of Switzerland (so assuming roughly a 50/50 female/male divide, everyone needs to make 6 babies on average, in the same year so they will still all be babies when the last one is born? that's probably impossible for the females but we are already way into the science-fiction category) and put them all in a committee. The more I think about this, the funnier and more complicated this gets.
- column 3y ago
  What do you mean, "that's *probably* impossible" to make 6 babies from the same mother in a single year? Takes about 9 months to output a human, you know?
  - CapitalistCartr 3y ago
    Ha! Nine women can have that baby in one month; management says so.
  - kgwgk 3y ago
    > Takes about 9 months to output a human, you know? It can also be done months faster getting multiple humans though.
  - jrm415 3y ago
    It’s not impossible to have sextuplets. It’s probably impossible for a population to average that rate though.
  - atq2119 3y ago
    Twins and larger multiples are a thing...
  - egeozcan 3y ago
    > Takes about 9 months to output a human Takes about 9 months to output N humans where N approaches to 1 on large averages as even twin births are like 1.2 percent. Also many females cannot be pregnant again for a while after giving birth, even if we had sped up the pregnancy. To average 6 babies, we need something like giving birth to triplets every 5 months in average, which improbable even if we had the technology, will and the economics that could support this. But you know, "improbable" is such a funny word, especially out of context :)
__MatrixMan__ 3y ago
I was once informed that everybody has eaten at least eight spiders in their sleep. Another person in the same car confidently confirmed: > It's true, if you're on you deathbed and you've only eaten one spider seven more come along and jump right in there at that last second. I figured it was that sort of reasoning that got us to 24 million babies.
- Bluem00 3y ago
  This particular "fact" actually has a known source. Someone made it up as an example of the kinds of things people will believe: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swallow-spiders/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swallow-spiders/