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Yes yes, more people means more progress which means line goes up which means we will all live in a utopia or something like that. That's why everyone is trying

Yes yes, more people means more progress which means line goes up which means we will all live in a utopia or something like that. That's why everyone is trying to escape their country and conduct a huge trek to reach countries like uhh India, China and so on and so forth.

Rochus 3y ago
> more people means more progress Is that really the case? Isn't it more a matter of experience that some countries or even continents show impressive population growth and at the same time are pretty resistant to progress? Isn't it rather the case that even in the so-called developed countries only a small part of the population is responsible for technological progress? And do the exceptional geniuses (such as Einstein), to whom we owe a considerable part of progress, really come from areas with larger populations?
- RugnirViking 3y ago
  You clearly missed the parents sarcasm
  - Rochus 3y ago
    How do you know it's sarcasm?
    - RugnirViking 3y ago
      using intentionally reductive and simplistic reasoning, like " line goes up ", "which means we will all live in a utopia" as well as taking modern events and changing the details to make a ridiculous position "conduct a huge trek to reach countries like uhh India, China and so on and so forth" (people are in fact not in huge numbers immigrating to those countries, instead are going to the west)
      - Rochus 3y ago
        Sounds plausible; but it could also simply be a young, enthusiastic person who doesn't know all the (correct) facts, as is often seen in the media in recent times. I also suspect that the text has changed since I wrote my answer; I remember the original post differently.
        RugnirViking 3y ago
        no, I am quite certain. If you're having genuine trouble here, it may point to you not having a very well formed theory of what those people actually think.
        Rochus 3y ago
        I have no theory at all and am increasingly puzzled by what is happening.

Rochus 3y ago

> more people means more progress Is that really the case? Isn't it more a matter of experience that some countries or even continents show impressive population growth and at the same time are pretty resistant to progress? Isn't it rather the case that even in the so-called developed countries only a small part of the population is responsible for technological progress? And do the exceptional geniuses (such as Einstein), to whom we owe a considerable part of progress, really come from areas with larger populations?

RugnirViking 3y ago
You clearly missed the parents sarcasm
- Rochus 3y ago
  How do you know it's sarcasm?
  - RugnirViking 3y ago
    using intentionally reductive and simplistic reasoning, like " line goes up ", "which means we will all live in a utopia" as well as taking modern events and changing the details to make a ridiculous position "conduct a huge trek to reach countries like uhh India, China and so on and so forth" (people are in fact not in huge numbers immigrating to those countries, instead are going to the west)
    - Rochus 3y ago
      Sounds plausible; but it could also simply be a young, enthusiastic person who doesn't know all the (correct) facts, as is often seen in the media in recent times. I also suspect that the text has changed since I wrote my answer; I remember the original post differently.
      - RugnirViking 3y ago
        no, I am quite certain. If you're having genuine trouble here, it may point to you not having a very well formed theory of what those people actually think.
        Rochus 3y ago
        I have no theory at all and am increasingly puzzled by what is happening.