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RE: Overpopulation
October 26, 2011 at 2:38 pm
(This post was last modified: October 26, 2011 at 2:40 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
And those UN attempts to predict the future get about as much credence from me as the guy with the crystal ball. They obviously have their methods, and I could easily accept that givin the conditions remain the same their predictions could pan out, but why would we assume conditions would remain the same when there's so damned much room for improvement sitting out so obviously?
(and then there are the less than palatable options of culling all the resource users that we can that aren't human, which I'd go all in for in a heartbeat if I was the guy making the choice)
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RE: Overpopulation
October 26, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Can't wait for subterrainian farms and mass hydroponics.
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RE: Overpopulation
October 26, 2011 at 2:49 pm
(October 26, 2011 at 12:52 pm)searchingforanswers Wrote: gather all the people who think it's a problem and have them commit mass suicide for the future of mankind. 
now I'll let the smart people comment.
Problem with that idea is that all the intelligent ones who think overpopulation's a problem that kill themselves, we'd be left with idiots. Mankind is still fucked. Be like leaving creationists to run everything.
It's the intelligent few that rule and run everything.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
