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>claims to refute the whole discipline based on a single incorrect prediction I'm not so sure about "incorrect" even. The retrospectives have been generally po
by schiffern 1y ago
>claims to refute the whole discipline based on a single incorrect prediction
I'm not so sure about "incorrect" even. The retrospectives have been generally positive.[0][1]
Citing economic growth as a counterexample is pretty silly, because in the Limits models many parameters look great right up until the collapse.[2]
I would encourage everyone to see how the original authors describe their findings[2][3], rather than (potentially motivated) retellings.
[0] https://www.livescience.com/collapse-human-society-limits-to-growth.html https://www.livescience.com/collapse-human-society-limits-to...
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/limits-to-growth-was-right-new-research-shows-were-nearing-collapse https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/limits...
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhSpzQhvFS8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhSpzQhvFS8
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc3SWj-hjTE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc3SWj-hjTE