one response to the chicken littles

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p — 7/8/2002 6:53:39 PM (archived)

For me it's two simple words
Paul Erlich
Gained great media fame in the 70s predicting the fall of civilization decades ago. Featured on TV by all the pundits and news orgs, none of whom had a basic scientific education or any skeptical reasoning skills.

Here's an essay that says it better than I.

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It seems I've heard this before... - Larry J - 7/8/2002 1:24:32 PM
- one response to the chicken littles - p - 7/8/2002 6:53:39 PM
  - Two words. - Bowser - 7/8/2002 2:20:04 PM
    - The climate has been warming since the end of the Little Ice Age - Larry J - 7/9/2002 1:15:20 PM
- The date may be wrong. - Bowser - 7/8/2002 3:44:16 PM
  - The Earth isn't a closed system - Larry J - 7/8/2002 4:30:24 PM
    - Re:discipline - Raoul - 7/8/2002 4:42:57 PM
      - New energy sources have to be economically feasible - Larry J - 7/8/2002 4:54:33 PM
    - I'm sure you're kidding. - Bowser - 7/8/2002 10:22:13 AM
      - The population growth rate is slowing... - Larry J - 7/8/2002 12:49:23 PM
        
        An asteroid might help. - Bowser - 7/8/2002 1:13:35 PM
- Yes eating cod is now considered an example of "living a life of excess" - Scott - 7/8/2002 3:10:41 PM
  - I saw that story about "the rich" losing $2.6 trillion - Larry J - 7/8/2002 4:43:34 PM
    - Communists would tell you that the Problem with Capitalism is the Profit Motive - Scott - 7/8/2002 7:14:12 PM
      - That might be true if people put their profits in their mattress - Larry J - 7/8/2002 7:32:42 PM
        
        Re: That might be true if people put their profits in their mattress - p - 7/8/2002 8:30:51 AM
- Re: It seems I've heard this before... - p - 7/8/2002 1:55:12 PM

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