Smart people were once afraid that overpopulation would lead to wide scale famine.
Yep. Concerned enough to start technical research on nitrogen fertilizer, selective breeding crops, etc. It might be fairer to put this in the “foreseen and prevented” basket, not the “nonsensical prediction of doom” basket.
Great point! Though for what it’s worth I didn’t mean to be dismissive of the prediction, my main point is that the future has not yet been determined. As you indicate people can react to predictions of the future and end up on a different course.
Yep. Concerned enough to start technical research on nitrogen fertilizer, selective breeding crops, etc. It might be fairer to put this in the “foreseen and prevented” basket, not the “nonsensical prediction of doom” basket.
Great point! Though for what it’s worth I didn’t mean to be dismissive of the prediction, my main point is that the future has not yet been determined. As you indicate people can react to predictions of the future and end up on a different course.