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Re:Ways people trying to do good accidentally do harm instea... by username3 on Thursday October 18, 2018 @03:19PM (#18251294)
Are you saying that Thanos just delayed overpopulation for a constant amount of time, and didn't really solve anything?
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Re:Ways people trying to do good accidentally do harm instea... by ikfmpwdsoz on Thursday October 18, 2018 @03:40PM (#18251457)
No, he's saying that Thanos just delayed overpopulation for a constant amount of time, and didn't really solve anything.
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Re:Ways people trying to do good accidentally do harm instea... by mcguire on Thursday October 18, 2018 @05:37PM (#18252355)
Yes, I'm saying that Thanos just delayed overpopulation for a constant amount of time, and didn't really solve anything.
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Re:Ways people trying to do good accidentally do harm instea... by derefr on Thursday October 18, 2018 @07:27PM (#18253208)
Unless the universe will only continue to support life for less than that constant amount of time. A temporary fix is permanent, for sufficiently large values of "temporary." (See also: UUIDs.)
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