How does humanity survive after half of the population returns?
In the Avengers the villain snaps his fingers and half the universe population disappears. Later, after several years have passed this half returns, effectively doubling the world population in one moment.
Is there any in-universe explanation of what happens in the mid-term after this? It seems to me that this would be an event with catastrophic consequences. The economy could hardly absorb an immediate doubling of people and it seems unlikely that the world, while struggling to cope with their loss a few years earlier, would have stockpiled 2x the annual food consumption.
In the real world I live in, I would expect global riots, food looting, famine, war, and widespread starvation. But in the films the only problems they address seem rather minor in comparison: emotional support groups and occasional disputes over home ownership.
What actually happens in the Avengers universe after the world population is immediately doubled?
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Is there any in-universe explanation of what happens in the mid-term after this?
No
What actually happens in the Avengers universe after the world population is immediately doubled?
We don't know.
Basically, we're presented with a fait accompli that everything just, essentially, reverted back to normal.
Spider-Man: Far From Home doesn't show us much of the aftermath of the Blip/UnSnap other than mentioning how people came back. There is no mention of the obvious problems that should have been caused by the sudden doubling of the worlds/universes' population after a 5 year gap, we just have to accept and move on.
It's possible that the Hulk "solved" the issue when he brought but we're not given any sight or indication that this actually happened.
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How long will the human race survive?
Humanity has a 95% probability of being extinct in 7,800,000 years, according to J. Richard Gott's formulation of the controversial Doomsday argument, which argues that we have probably already lived through half the duration of human history.What year will humans go extinct?
Scientists estimate modern humans have been around about 200,000 years, so that should give us at least another 800,000 years. Other scientists believe we could be here another two million years\u2026or even millions of years longer. On the other hand, some scientists believe we could be gone in the next 100 years.Can humanity escape extinction?
We're so uniquely adaptable, we might even survive a mass extinction event. Given a decade of warning before an asteroid strike, humans could probably stockpile enough food to survive years of cold and darkness, saving much or most of the population.What is the chance of human extinction?
\u201cUsing only the information that Homo sapiens has existed at least 200,000 years, we conclude that the probability that humanity goes extinct from natural causes in any given year is almost guaranteed to be less than one in 14,000, and likely to be less than one in 87,000,\u201d the researchers write in Scientific Reports.What If Half the Population of Earth Was Wiped Out? (Avengers: Endgame in Real Life)
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