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Thanks, but we still need better data on births for this argument to hold any water. Additionally, if you want to include the segment of the population that has

by konmok 1y ago

Thanks, but we still need better data on births for this argument to hold any water. Additionally, if you want to include the segment of the population that has fled, you will also need data on the birth/death rates for that segment. I would also like to note that you found a study looking at birth/death rates, but after realizing it suggested a shrinking population, decided to combine information from that study with information from a separate dataset so that the population could be argued to be growing. And none of this actually takes nonviolent deaths into account, however small you believe that number may be. This... is not good science.

anatoly 1y ago
I don't think you are arguing in good faith.
- richardfeynman 1y ago
  +1. Ignores the central points; doesn't provide alternative data; extreme skepticism in one direction, complete dogmatic faith in the other.
- dttze 1y ago
  You’re posting data that doesn’t support what was said. Asking for better sources of info to back up your claims isn’t bad faith.
breppp 1y ago
According to Hamas, which is also the source of the data of deaths you previously quoted, the number of births "is equal" to the number of deaths. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/senior-hamas-official-sparks-outrage-in-gaza-after-referring-to-war-casualties-as-material-calculations/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/senior-hamas-of... https://www.memri.org/tv/sami-abu-zuhri-hamas-gaza-war-babies-women-wombs-martyred-american-campuses https://www.memri.org/tv/sami-abu-zuhri-hamas-gaza-war-babie... (Around 00:40)