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This makes me happy

I know right? I was expecting some gloomy forecast of the future.

indirectly related to *eco

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They must've received the memo.

P.S. this was the first clip i ever posted, i think.

Valuable post, dealing with a critical issue that's always rather ugly to think about.

Doesn't this mean that human fertility isn't high enough to overcome the massive loss of numbers from the zombie Apocalypse?

There>> ^GeeSussFreeK:

Doesn't this mean that human fertility isn't high enough to overcome the massive loss of numbers from the zombie Apocalypse?


won't be a zombie apocalypse, I'm going to breed a super-zombie that eats regular zombies, so it will keep the zombie population growth rate below 2.1, which is critical for many reasons.

>> ^ghark:

There won't be a zombie apocalypse, I'm going to breed a super-zombie that eats regular zombies, so it will keep the zombie population growth rate below 2.1, which is critical for many reasons.

You are bound to get at least a few super zombies that shun their cannibalistic nature, what do you plan to do with these upstarts to zombietarianism?

>> ^dannym3141:

>> ^ghark:
There won't be a zombie apocalypse, I'm going to breed a super-zombie that eats regular zombies, so it will keep the zombie population growth rate below 2.1, which is critical for many reasons.
You are bound to get at least a few super zombies that shun their cannibalistic nature, what do you plan to do with these upstarts to zombietarianism?


All upstart non-cannibalistic super zombies will be rick-rolled immediately.

What a soothing and reassuring voice.

Interesting. Shouldn't the title be "The Seven Billionth", or am I just a buffoon?

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Problem is, we don't need stability, we need decrease. Humans are a "renewable resource". What is used up taking them from birth to grave isn't, however. 9 billion is all stable and awesome, but 9 billion use up resources almost 30% faster than our current 7 billion.

The fact we aren't growing as fast isn't as important as the fact there is just too damn many of us already.

>> ^Mcboinkens:

>> ^Xax:
Interesting. Shouldn't the title be "The Seven Billionth", or am I just a buffoon?


Either is fine. If you look at the number of humans in terms of billions, it wold reach the seventh billion. If you look at the number as a complete scale, it would be the seven billionth. Just depends if your unit of measurement is number of humans or number of billions of humans, both of which work in this case.


In short: yes, you are a buffoon.

>> ^Payback:

Problem is, we don't need stability, we need decrease. Humans are a "renewable resource". What is used up taking them from birth to grave isn't, however. 9 billion is all stable and awesome, but 9 billion use up resources almost 30% faster than our current 7 billion.
The fact we aren't growing as fast isn't as important as the fact there is just too damn many of us already.


What determines that though? Technology always seems to take what should only last x and then make it 2x, then x^2, then 2^x^2. If you look at other organisms, like bacteria, once we reach saturation, or over saturation, problems will arise that kill off large numbers of us to reach a point of equilibrium. We are smart, but we are still follow the rules for organisms on this planet quite fully. However, technology may make saturation impossible. It may well be that the most effective means of population control is social and not biological. If there is no social or biological problem with there being lots of people, then I don't see a compelling argument either way to make efforts to shrink or enlarge the population beyond ones own personal feelings on children.

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