• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    So if one of his offspring were to kill another one of his offspring the murdering offspring’s share goes up (along with all the other surviving offspring)? This sounds like a dangerous announcement.

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      7 days ago

      In fairness, offing someone means your share goes up less than 1%, making the risk-reward for murder math out beneficial for everyone.

      However, if that 17 billion was split between two or three children, we might have the beginning of an Agatha Christie novel.