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Your standard 2010s American is also roughly 3x as large as the typical 1950s American, though.
by deciplex 11y ago
Your standard 2010s American is also roughly 3x as large as the typical 1950s American, though.
- camhenlin 11y agoNo
- netcan 11y agoSounds like you're suggesting that instead of doing a headcount for population growth, we should be looking at biomass. Interesting. This would mace sense for big mac economics and the newly founded field of coke economics.
- carbocation 11y agoYour typo ("this would mace sense") is actually quite topical, because MACE stands for "major adverse cardiac events".
- deciplex 11y agoYes. GDP per capita is a meaningless statistic - what we want to know is GDP per kilogram. Likewise, American productivity as measured per worker is a meaningless statistic, but the productivity of the American worker-kilogram will determine our global competitiveness. It makes sense when you think about it. Measuring things at the level of an individual implies some sort of "consciousness", but we're learning in neuroscience/philosophy class that consciousness is mostly an illusion. I mean, our brains are made of meat. How can meat be conscious?
- netcan 11y agoNever mind how! If meat can be conscious.. lets just say it can for the moment.. than it stands to reason that more meat can be more conscious. They're growing more, bigger meat all the time! Maybe if their meatbodies get big enough... Nevermind, this is stupid.. yep, you're right... meat can't be conscious... I know I know. I got carried away.
- jeffbr13 11y agorelevant: THEY'RE MADE OUT OF MEAT <http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page6.html> http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page6.html>
- ptaipale 11y agoBesides, we could solve the world's energy problems by burning idiots - they are renewable, and often contain lots of fat.
- netcan 11y agoThis solves the matrix plot hole!