Math Equation Tells Us How Long We Have Until Doomsday
A math equation is saying that the human race has about 760 years left before it’s all over.
Demographers have estimated the total number of people who ever lived at about 100 billion. That means that about 100 billion people were born before me. Currently, about 130 million people are born each year. At that rate, it would take only about 760 years for another 100 billion more people to be born. That’s the basis of the claim that there’s a 50 percent chance that humans will become extinct within about 760 years. The flip side of the claim is there’s also a 50 percent chance we’ll survive past 760 years, possibly long past that.
Congrats to everyone who’s alive now, there’s a 50% chance we’re in the end times. Now, living forever means about 800 years, which seems a lot more manageable..
Read more at vox.com.
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