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Old 07-15-2015, 07:03 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Vman455 View Post
...Expressing this growth as a rate of the total population is misleading, as that population is so much larger today than it was just a few decades ago that, despite maintaining the same absolute growth numbers, rate of growth will appear to slow unless we "ramp up production," so to speak.
No, it is not misleading. Why ?

Question, what population did Malthus see as doom, and crucially why does he remain wrong?
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