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NutmegYankee

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71. Umm, no.

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 07:38 PM

Aug 2018

The maximum Human life expectancy has remained fairly constant over the last few millennia. The average has changed upwards due to dramatic drops in childhood mortality. That said, if you were an adult in ancient times, you still likely would reach a miserable 70 years old. There is substantial skeletal remains demonstrating this. In addition, literature through that time period also indicates that survival into at least the 60s was fairly common if you made it into adulthood.

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Gross Overpopulation Is One Issue That Is Suicide For Any Politician To Address. We Are In Crisis. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Aug 2018 OP

Humans will probably become extinct except for those that might colonize Mars and RKP5637 Aug 2018 #1

It would be a whole lot easier to live at the South Pole than on Mars. Towlie Aug 2018 #13

Yep, no AC needed! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2018 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Aug 2018 #88

Martians will never allow illegal alien humans to invade their planet. democratisphere Aug 2018 #101

Yep!!! "No Trespassing" signs will soon be going up on Mars posted by the Martians. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2018 #103

I'll be the lightning rod. roamer65 Aug 2018 #2

Mandated how? Adrahil Aug 2018 #6

Make abortion free? Callmecrazy Aug 2018 #78

And just how will you implement this... Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #12

Through law. roamer65 Aug 2018 #15

A global law? Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #20

We really do need a world government. roamer65 Aug 2018 #22

What form would that workd Government take? brooklynite Aug 2018 #32

That would be up to a world constitutional convention. roamer65 Aug 2018 #38

"A menace from beyond Earth"? Codeine Aug 2018 #41

Raygun said it. roamer65 Aug 2018 #42

That's what I was reacting to. Codeine Aug 2018 #44

Sometimes stupid people have brief moments of coherence. roamer65 Aug 2018 #45

That man was not among them. nt Codeine Aug 2018 #48

Good luck with that Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #52

"Our birth rates are declining" defacto7 Aug 2018 #56

The Amish are certainly growing quickly in number The Genealogist Aug 2018 #104

China just went in reverse on thier law, which was well enforced for a long time lunasun Aug 2018 #76

You're right, I agree fully Calculating Aug 2018 #117

There are too many fucking people dalton99a Aug 2018 #3

Literally LOL Takket Aug 2018 #4

what's the solution? Mosby Aug 2018 #8

You don't dispose of the "extras". roamer65 Aug 2018 #16

1: free contraception, in any form, for the whole world muriel_volestrangler Aug 2018 #40

.. roamer65 Aug 2018 #43

This! smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #109

I thought yours was so obvious as to not need to be said. LanternWaste Aug 2018 #112

Population growth doesn't have to be a problem. Adrahil Aug 2018 #5

Population growth rates reductions are bound to fall. Scruffy1 Aug 2018 #54

It's not such a problem in the western world because women are more educated and smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #55

Yes, exactly... Adrahil Aug 2018 #66

Not really. If not for immigration we'd be losing population. Ditto Europe, Japan, etc. ucrdem Aug 2018 #7

No, Africa doesn't have plenty to support growth muriel_volestrangler Aug 2018 #47

The map appears to make my point. ucrdem Aug 2018 #60

Any shade of red is 'overloaded'. So Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia ... muriel_volestrangler Aug 2018 #64

Educating and empowering women is the best remedy to stem overpopulation. smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #9

You are absolutely correct. roamer65 Aug 2018 #19

+1. meadowlander Aug 2018 #31

Tubal ligation Duppers Aug 2018 #89

I'm not prepared to support tying women down, drugging them and forcing them to abort. meadowlander Aug 2018 #98

"tying women down" to abort"? I said TUBAL LIGATION. Duppers Aug 2018 #102

This! defacto7 Aug 2018 #58

Good points smirky lunasun Aug 2018 #77

The issue is the problem isn't where anyone here can affect it Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #10

Line everyone up and shoot every other person, including the one on my left and the one on my right. Towlie Aug 2018 #11

"It is a given ..." dumbcat Aug 2018 #14

I think you're right...'problem' would be corrected by Mother Nature eventually... SWBTATTReg Aug 2018 #23

By whom? Read. Duppers Aug 2018 #90

Where did I say that? dumbcat Aug 2018 #100

You stated, "Given by whom?" Duppers Aug 2018 #108

No, I meant where did I say dumbcat Aug 2018 #111

"The problem is self correcting by Nature." Duppers Aug 2018 #114

Again, I didn't say I didn't care dumbcat Aug 2018 #115

A nonchalant "Besides"? Duppers Aug 2018 #116

OK, I give up, you're right dumbcat Aug 2018 #118

The longer we trash the Earth, the less survivability there will be for the human race. roamer65 Aug 2018 #18

Blame science Revanchist Aug 2018 #21

You are correct on increased life expectancy. roamer65 Aug 2018 #26

um, no. "Average" life expectancy around the year 1900 shanny Aug 2018 #65

So all this money we're spending on geriatric health care Yupster Aug 2018 #80

Pretty much. shanny Aug 2018 #82

"what's worse?" metalbot Aug 2018 #96

I guess we disagree on a fundamental point. shanny Aug 2018 #105

Umm, no. NutmegYankee Aug 2018 #71

Nope. If you survived childhood you expected life span is about the same GulfCoast66 Aug 2018 #74

Wow! Hard stance.. maybe true.. so, you want to be the first Thekaspervote Aug 2018 #27

I'm the wrong person to ask Revanchist Aug 2018 #61

We need to be investing serious resources in space colonisation. meadowlander Aug 2018 #33

Several points. Blue_true Aug 2018 #46

I'm not saying that we colonise space instead of fixing problems on earth. meadowlander Aug 2018 #49

You make good points. Resource allocation to dual efforts will be important. nt Blue_true Aug 2018 #50

And I think the technology that helps with one will help with the other. meadowlander Aug 2018 #51

"space colonisation" is a science fiction pipe dream. Duppers Aug 2018 #91

So, you're essentially proposing the republican health care plan. Blue_true Aug 2018 #36

I'm just stating the main causes for overpopulation, not advocating solutions Revanchist Aug 2018 #63

Oh, what great compassion you have. 😠 Duppers Aug 2018 #92

No! The blame is in Genesis! OxQQme Aug 2018 #107

BRING. ME. THANOS!!!! n/t theaocp Aug 2018 #24

Its been a long time since I researched this, but I thought we were sleighted to increase in JCanete Aug 2018 #25

That may have been before the current population explosion in Africa Yupster Aug 2018 #81

oh you may be right. I'll have to look into that. I guess this kind of projection can change really JCanete Aug 2018 #87

UN REPORT Duppers Aug 2018 #93

I don't think population is the immediate crisis. The crisis is that the planet is warming up. Doodley Aug 2018 #28

It's the root of global climate change. roamer65 Aug 2018 #29

+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #110

Overpopulation is only suicide for politicians to discuss.... Captain Stern Aug 2018 #30

Yes it is. We're Using the lion's share of the world's resource. Nt raccoon Aug 2018 #35

No, it isn't. Captain Stern Aug 2018 #37

It is suicide here. Duppers Aug 2018 #94

I disagree. Captain Stern Aug 2018 #99

The first world citizens are using a hell of a lot more resources than those of the third world. raccoon Aug 2018 #34

It wouldn't be a problem if not for brain-stuck Republicanism standing in the way. gulliver Aug 2018 #39

I wouldnt worry about the population problem AlexSFCA Aug 2018 #53

The two biggest countries are India and China. former9thward Aug 2018 #72

China was able to institute one child policy AlexSFCA Aug 2018 #79

And that is what you want? former9thward Aug 2018 #83

no I beleive in contraception AlexSFCA Aug 2018 #84

I didn't but I will refer to anything I want without your approval. former9thward Aug 2018 #85

Despicable Callado119 Aug 2018 #57

You got to be kidding. Duppers Aug 2018 #95

Myth. Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #59

How much time do you think we have left? Duppers Aug 2018 #97

Heres another Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #106

There are many great thought provoking ideas in this thread defacto7 Aug 2018 #62

Logically we should start with the people having the largest environmental footprints... hunter Aug 2018 #67

THANK YOU. Somebody gets it. nt raccoon Aug 2018 #68

China is the world's number one worst polluter Mosby Aug 2018 #70

+1 leftstreet Aug 2018 #86

I think I saw something similar in the newest Avengers movie Devil Child Aug 2018 #69

The P-word is taboo icaria Aug 2018 #73

How about we keep individual freedom over our own bodies JCMach1 Aug 2018 #75

All of the civil wars you consistently prophecize will take care of the concern, yes? LanternWaste Aug 2018 #113

The OP is 100% correct, overpopulation will ruin the world if not dealth with somehow Calculating Aug 2018 #119

Politicians know if they don't address it, human nature will take care of it - brutally and quickly. haele Aug 2018 #120