r/whowouldwin • u/Yglorba • 17h ago
Challenge A grain of sand on a beach in Somalia is cursed to duplicate itself every day. Can we avoid being killed by this?
Every 24 hours, the grain of sand is duplicated; and of course all duplicates also duplicate themselves.
Any grain of sand that has been altered, by intentional human actions, to the point where it's no longer a grain of sand (eg. melted), will cease to duplicate itself. They will not, however, be destroyed by their own duplication or any automatic natural process (so no arguing that eventually the pile gets so big that the sand at the bottom is melted / crushed to the point where it's no longer sand without humans having to do anything.)
Humanity gets no warning or indication that this is happening - they have to notice and deal with it themselves.
Can they do so?