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Human population is a function of the species' calorific output. We can produce at least 16 times more calories on aggregate than we did 500 hundred years ago.

• pjmlp 4y ago
  I think it is more a side effect of something else.
  • CalRobert 4y ago
    What is it, actually? It seems like humans are complex animals and we achieve equilibrium in different ways than many others. Japan's population isn't shrinking due to a shortage of calories or surplus of predators (thankfully!)
    • pjmlp 4y ago
      A bee lands on a flower,...