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Douglas Carpenter

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3. I heard a lecture about thirty years ago refuting the idea that there are more people alive today

Reply to John1956PA (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 03:13 AM

Jun 2014

than have lived in all of human history - but for some reason this idea has remained a popular factoid myth. I'm not sure why anyone would want this to be the case.

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Is it true that there are more people alive today than have died in all of human history? [View all] Douglas Carpenter Jun 2014 OP

It is my understanding that the number of the deceased exceeds 70 billion. John1956PA Jun 2014 #1

I wouldn't want to be the person who had to count all of them yurbud Jun 2014 #2

that would take quite a long time, wouldn't it? Douglas Carpenter Jun 2014 #4

I doubt it was a 1...2...3...4 type of counting. Neoma Jun 2014 #6

I heard a lecture about thirty years ago refuting the idea that there are more people alive today Douglas Carpenter Jun 2014 #3

It's a strawman. No matter how many there were before, there are far, far too many of us now The Stranger Jun 2014 #5

I don't think that is the point of this research. This research does not suggest that current over Douglas Carpenter Jun 2014 #9

Then what is the point of this research? The Stranger Jul 2014 #10

pure science Douglas Carpenter Jul 2014 #11

Well, that is certainly not true. The Stranger Jul 2014 #12

the point is that the accumulation of raw data is the basis for intelligent discussions - Douglas Carpenter Jul 2014 #13

And that's just counting the Duggars.. IDemo Jun 2014 #7

I've also read that there are more people buried on islands off NYC elias49 Jun 2014 #8