q: longevity

[Rupert Giles]

I did it with a snapper, not a herring.

You lie!

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nope, usually I use a trout. but today I decided to mix things up again.

[Rupert Giles]

nope, usually I use a trout. but today I decided to mix things up again.

Variety is the spice of life.

[Schweinepriester G.]

Spice is the spice of live.

[Schweinepriester G.]

There has never, in the entire history of mankind, been a war that ended with fewer people on this planet than before it started.

For real? Even the world wars? WWII lost in excess of 20 million people -- were there really that many born those five or so years?

IIRC the only significant dent in overalll population growth in recorded history was caused by the black death in the 14th century in europe.

World population went from 2 billion in 1930 to 3 billion in 1960.
Treating that as linear (whhich it is not) we get 33 million per year...

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OVERPOPULATION'D!

[MedeoPlusPlus]

Wave o' Babies!

[namu]

Longevity's truly the answer to overpopulation. As paradoxical as it sounds, the longer people live, the lower the demographical growth. Of all countries with low life expectancy, only ONE has a low progression of population, that is China, and the cause is not a natural one. And there is no country with a long life expectancy which has a high population growth. In fact some of them even have negative growth, where immigration is not sufficient to compensate.

Bring on immortality, I say.

[gnimbley]

Longevity's truly the answer to overpopulation. As paradoxical as it sounds, the longer people live, the lower the demographical growth. Of all countries with low life expectancy, only ONE has a low progression of population, that is China, and the cause is not a natural one. And there is no country with a long life expectancy which has a high population growth. In fact some of them even have negative growth, where immigration is not sufficient to compensate.

Bring on immortality, I say.

I believe it also correlates to wealth/poverty. Having lots of kids can also be seen as an economic strategy. So if you have immortal poor people, it might just mean we go down the tubes even faster.

[namu]

Then make immortality expensive. Voil?†, problem solved.

[Malaul]

normal life is expensive enough
I dont think I can afford immortality!!

doom

[Schweinepriester G.]

normal life is expensive enough
I dont think I can afford immortality!!

doom

Don't worry immoratlity means you have forever to pay back debts you took on to pay for immortality or we just slaughter money-lenders every 200 years or so.

[Malaul]

hmmmmmmm
this idea may have merit

but what if the money lenders are immortal as well?

[Rupert Giles]

Anyone familiar with the storyline accompanying the EarthSiege and StarSiege games about the Immortal Brotherhood?

[Malaul]

no, but we are about to I bet...


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