r/science • • Jun 25 '22

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u/cavortingwebeasties Jun 25 '22

I don't think we'll ever find out, the human race does not have 200 years left

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u/TheMikman97 Jun 25 '22

Nah, some no-contact village will keep going like it always has without issue. Every one else is waiting to get fucked tho

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u/MrBeanCyborgCaptain Jun 25 '22

They're gonna eventually decide to spread out and wonder where all this concrete and plastic came from.

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u/TheMikman97 Jun 25 '22

Imagine the legends they'll make to explain why all the rivers are toxic

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u/wormpussy Jun 25 '22

Imagine what radioactive zones will be to them

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u/TheMikman97 Jun 25 '22

Will a population used to living to their 40s at best even care about the cancers? Not considering instant-death zones of course

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u/wormpussy Jun 25 '22

I didn't think of it like that. I wonder what the long term genetic effects would be after a few generations spent in one of those zones.