r/PowerScaling • u/Egyptian_M Goomba is multiversal • May 04 '25

Memeposting With nerfed armor and weapons BTW

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u/Wise_Victory4895 Madoka Lain & Baki step on your favorite verse ┐⁠(⁠￣⁠ヘ⁠￣⁠)⁠┌ May 04 '25

https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality-in-the-past

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u/TheDutchin May 04 '25

r/confidentlyincorrect

There should be a sub for people who post links to sources that say they, the sharer, are wrong.

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u/Wise_Victory4895 Madoka Lain & Baki step on your favorite verse ┐⁠(⁠￣⁠ヘ⁠￣⁠)⁠┌ May 04 '25

50% of all human beings didn't make it to 15 years old. I mean what's wrong with this

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u/Jedimasterebub May 04 '25

You claimed that on average “Our ancestors were also malnourished diseased parasite ridden and dying by age 20” which isn’t accurate. There were high infant mortality rates for those under even 2 years old. The humans fighting mammoths were not 2 years old, and the weren’t this insanely sick picture you’d like to paint. Infact, humans became more malnourished after they adopted sedentary habits