• UnpluggedFridge@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Travelling forward in time could also kill everyone… Our adaptive immune systems are developed somatically and purifying selection is nonzero in humans.

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      7 months ago

      Right I think if some bloke brought me some OG plague from the 1200s, my body would have no clue.

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        7 months ago

        Yeah but equally that original plague bacterium has no clue about antibiotics and no resistances. So you’ll be fine. As probably will be people in the Future. Or they died out without you anyway.

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          7 months ago

          Oh boy… Here I go, I’m so excited to see the year 2100! Goodbye everyone! Alright, hit the switch!..

          Did you do it? Why’s it not working? Oh no. There’s no terminal there… What have we done?