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In reply to the discussion: Thoughts on the Evolution of Our Species. [View all]
chervilant
(8,267 posts)20. Furthermore,
you might want to review Calhoun's work with rats. We seldom acknowledge the import of overpopulation, but Calhoun's research with rats suggests that when a critical level of overpopulation occurs, the outcome isn't pretty. With Calhoun's rats, abnormal sexual behavior, hyper-aggression, eating their young, and increased mortality are a few of the problems that occurred. With humans, well...isn't it past time we acknowledge that our species has passed a critical tipping point?
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"Think of collapse as a new beginning." LORDY, I got flamed for saying the same thing.
Zalatix
May 2012
#3
Here's one for you. Is the universe really expanding, or is everything in it just shrinking?
Warren DeMontague
May 2012
#72
Nuclear war could count for your 1st point; but that wasn't in the OP
muriel_volestrangler
May 2012
#38
You're the one nitpicking over the use of a noun versus a verb, or synonyms
muriel_volestrangler
May 2012
#50
As long as we set the criteria for judgment, you're right. OTOH, I think Douglas Adams
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#46
Okay, I'm done busting a gut here. In all seriousness, here is why you are so wrong.
Zalatix
May 2012
#49
what you fail to understand is, it's not a question of a train wreck. The train IS the wreck.
Warren DeMontague
May 2012
#77
I will never understand the need people feel to insist that whatever their situation is
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#37
When people talk about saving the earth, they're really talking about saving us.
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#55
Lots more species have come and gone before humans appeared in the very recent past.
FarCenter
May 2012
#61