A quick look at population growth

[Nihil]

7. In some respects, it's a shame that only some of the aspects are active ...

> After all, there are significant aspects of the behavioral sink he described that
> are not being borne out in human experience - even in super-crowded Asian cities.
> Those include things like ultra-high infant mortality rates, bizarre dining habits
> and cannibalism, for example.

Of those three points,

#1 would be beneficial but has been consistently negated by aid agencies whenever
there has been an outbreak so would be very unlikely to manifest in more advanced
overcrowded regions as a result of such "good intentions" paving slabs;

#2 *is* in place at the moment (e.g., the exploitation & extinction of creatures great
and small for the sake of the "special" menu items - pangolin, reef fish, tigers) so
I would argue that this *is* being borne out, albeit in a modified form compared to
when observed in mice, rats and other typical studied species;

#3 would be beneficial as it would help address the primary cause (over-population)
as well as reduce the impact of #2 above. Give them time and I'm sure it will happen.
It had better ... as the alternative is war and whilst the former only acts in a closed system,
the latter causes the spread of the negative traits without any inherent control.


> On the other hand, social withdrawal, sexual deviance, frenetic overactivity and
> poor mothering instincts seem ever-more prevalent

Sadly, that is only too true.