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[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

I seached the answer online to better understand the meme, and that's one of the first results.

Sorry if that's AI generated. I didn't search for AI generated answer, and didn't ask ChatGPT, this is sadly what seach results looks like nowadays.

Will gladly edit the top comment if you can suggest a better article.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 9 hours ago

https://whatif.xkcd.com/140
Not quite the the same scale, but a similar idea is explored by Randall Moore. He explores a lot of weird questions like this and regularly consults scientists.