A universal law refuted by 200 years of completely different patterns isn't resuscitated because someone, somewhere may run out of food in some situation comple

A universal law refuted by 200 years of completely different patterns isn't resuscitated because someone, somewhere may run out of food in some situation completely unlike the one Malthus described (i.e. food production always grows arithmetically, population always grows geometrically unless plague and famine kill enough people off... complete with extended musing on how to diminish or defer the "passion between the sexes" which assumes contraception isn't a thing)