On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > most modern malthusians, such as the author of the excerpted text > above, forget to do this; indeed, they take for granted that their > pessimistic projections are based on correct premises, even though > similar pessimistic projections have always been proven wrong by the > facts, so far. > > -rishab > > 1. "An Essay on the Principle of Population", 1798, available e.g. at > http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/malthus/popu.txt
This is probably why I am unable to entirely share the doomsday views....that, and an optimism that there WILL be some self-regulation before disaster actually strikes our planet.....whether it's the ozone layer or oceans flooding or fossil fuels running out...or whatever. Excellent link, thanks, Rishab. I do like to see the Indian-integration surnames on this list...Aiyer-Ghosh....Menon-Sen.... :)) Deepa.
