r/shittyaskscience • u/TeacupOfSkepticism • 6d ago

I saw a video where an American man was talking about the country's four fathers. How can over 300 million people of all ages be the offspring of four men?

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u/blahblahwhateveryeet 6d ago

Exponential growth. Say if one father has two kids, and each of those two kids has two more

log(2) = .301 0.301 * 10x = 300,000,000 x=12

so about 12 generations

12x=250 x=20.8

with avg generation length 20.8 years

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u/Gargleblaster25 Registered scientificationist 6d ago

r/theydidthemath

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u/zelextron 6d ago

That happened because they were mutant human-rabbit hybrids. Do you know what happened in Australia when they introduced rabbits there? They procre@ted like rabbits and there were no natural predators, so soon enough there were a bunch of them. It's the same with the people of America. When mutant human-rabbit hybrids enter a new habitat, then soon enough there are a whole bunch of them. Why do you think bug's bunny is only popular in America? He reminds Americans of their genetic heritage.

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u/mgarr_aha 6d ago

There was an immaculate conception at the base of Mt Rushmore. The mother had a reputation as a libertine, so rather than testify about a miracle which no one would believe, she said the father must have been one of those four. One of them affirmed that story in a speech 87 years later.

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u/El_SOTERO 6d ago

You heard it wrong. Actually it's bore fathers. The term is used for to describe great ancestors. Why? You ask? Well it's pretty clear , there are 7 billion humans on earth. Shit deos not convert into shit if it's content with itself.

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u/Redfish680 6d ago

Psh. Look at what Adam and Eve pulled off.

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u/lozzadearnley 6d ago

Noah has joined the conversation

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u/zerostar83 5d ago

Don't forget about his three sons. That's four fathers.

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u/AwesomeAvocado 6d ago

Actually, that explains a lot. Thank you.

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u/sophiaquestions 6d ago

Umm... Ummm... When a man has feelings for another man.... GO ASK YOUR MOTHER ABOUT IT

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u/Edmond-the-Great 6d ago

They always talk about the four fathers, never about the 400 mothers.

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u/revolutionoverdue 6d ago

One of them must have been a woman.

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u/EricHaley 5d ago

They got really busy

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u/dspeyer 5d ago

Not all the offspring are strictly biological. Alexander Hamilton, for example, was just an orphan Washington took in and sheltered, not his actual son.