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> The population never recovers. Extinction is, at some point, inevitable. This is magical thinking. It like imagining that if someone diets long enough, they'
by pessimizer 4y ago
> The population never recovers. Extinction is, at some point, inevitable.
This is magical thinking. It like imagining that if someone diets long enough, they'll disappear. Turns out that the vast majority of people reach a comfortable weight, and stop dieting.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 4y ago> This is magical thinking. It's experimentally validated. Calhoun ran it multiple times. Animals don't bounce back. This isn't moose populations crashing because of overfeeding and starvation. > Turns out that the vast majority of people reach a comfortable weight, and stop dieting. Which is where the analogy diverges from reality. Cultured populations don't reach a comfortable weight... they become "depressed from the hunger", and decide to go for broke.