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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
i don't think that there were 790 billion people in the 1750's, i assume you meant millions.
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It's .790 billion, or 790 million. Look at the whole thing. I was working as 1 billion as the unit of 1 whole.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
and I too think that the overpopulation is as much a myth as any other "sky is falling" idea.
the earth will still be here, spin and revolve around the sun. the question egotistically wondered is if humans are going to be part of that equation for much longer. Based on the empirical evidence that the earth has been here for millions of years, we're not cut out for it.
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No one is saying overpopulation will make the planet explode. What it may lead to is a lot of human deaths.