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by gensym 1222 days ago
In other news: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00283-y

How many times would you be comfortable rolling a million-sided die for humanity's extinction?

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Extinction is hyperbole. Even a lack of immunity to smallpox did not result in native Americans being wiped out by smallpox, although it did drastically lower their numbers.
Humanity will see a virus that causes its extinction only once.