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[–] nieminen@lemmy.world 46 points 2 days ago (11 children)

In reality, since it was more random, some poor soul would have their whole biomes destroyed, and just be rekd.

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 days ago (10 children)

That would be incredibly unlikely. Due to the huge number of gut microbes, the chance to even lose 5% off of the median, even with billions of trials, is functionally zero.

[–] errer@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Maybe in your gut biome, but mine is just two or three really, really large bacteria

[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

That just sounds like the gut biome version of a spworm.

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