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[–] dantel@programming.dev 51 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Wait a sec, let me check my notes.. because.. ah, yeah, because humanity apparently goes extinct when all males die off. Oh. That's a bummer.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 9 points 3 weeks ago

Probably ok if only 30% of population are male. Maybe even 10% with genetic database. Society and culture will take hit but realistically sperm is not a hard to come by resources. Lol just imagine mail ordering that stuff.

[–] AliasAKA@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

There’s probably is a path to female only reproduction using artificial means. I suppose it would be possible with men too, if we could synthetically gestate a child, but it’s probably easier in women since they possess the evolved ability to gestate. Parthenogenesis has occurred in other organisms, possible perhaps for humans too, with help.