codefreeordie

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   by codefreeordie 5y ago

   Everything has a limit, sure. If nothing else, the population of humans on earth will probably stop growing before we reach the point where there is a continuous layer of humanity covering the surface of the earth. Malthus's (and thes
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   by codefreeordie 5y ago

   Aha, finally after 100 articles talking about "banning math books" we get some example pages from one of the rejected books. These selections were probably not chosen in an effort to find the most objectionable content, given both
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   by codefreeordie 5y ago

   Malthus was wrong in the 1820s, and he was still wrong in the 1970s. Maybe someday, he'll turn out to have been "right" after all, but I'm not going to hold my breath. It's kind of amazing that, 150 years after Mal