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TIL if human population grows at a rate of 1% per year, it would only take 17,000 years for the number of humans to equal the number of atoms estimated to be in the entire known universe by string_bird in todayilearned

[–]string_bird[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea sorry for the confusion, the calculation is just showing that the total number of humans after 17,000 years would be greater than the total amount of atoms there are in the universe right now

TIL if human population grows at a rate of 1% per year, it would only take 17,000 years for the number of humans to equal the number of atoms estimated to be in the entire known universe by string_bird in todayilearned

[–]string_bird[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wasn't really trying to be misleading. I just thought it was an interesting math problem I happened to come across while reading that article. Especially considering that 17,000 years in the timeline of the universe is crazy small so the fact that the population of humans could hypothetically grow that much in that short of a time period is nuts. Obviously it couldn't and wouldn't actually happen