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Bacteria also multiply at an exponential rate, ergo, we're fucked. Rats also multiply at an exponential rate, ergo, we're fucked. Ants also multiply at an exp
by 0xbadc0de5 3y ago
Bacteria also multiply at an exponential rate, ergo, we're fucked.
Rats also multiply at an exponential rate, ergo, we're fucked.
Ants also multiply at an exponential rate, ergo, we're fucked.
Oh wait, we're not overrun by bacteria, rats and ants you say? The Malthusian argument has some obvious flaws that have been well documented over the decades. The real story here is that serious people still fall for it.
- drewcoo 3y agoNo. Malthus would have said . . . > Bacteria also multiply at an exponential rate, ergo, _they're_ fucked. > Rats also multiply at an exponential rate, ergo, _they're_ fucked. > Ants also multiply at an exponential rate, ergo, _they're_ fucked. And he'd have been right. Horrible things happen to those populations when they grow too large. If you want to talk about Malthus being wrong, that has to do with human inventiveness, disease, and war, among other things, throwing off his simple extrapolations.