tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5805101.post114417624268179595..comments2020-11-26T02:07:02.089-05:00Comments on Random Spirkoisms: There are too many of us.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05271585796249479483noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5805101.post-1144680489057650382006-04-10T10:48:00.000-04:002006-04-10T10:48:00.000-04:00Some comments in response to the anonymous coward:...Some comments in response to the anonymous coward:<BR/><BR/>1) Most people in civilized coutries don't spend nearly as much resources as an upper-middle class person.<BR/><BR/>2) From point #1, it follows that the 1-to-8 ratio underestimates how much resources are wasted in ipods for upper-middle class "civilized world" Piankas.<BR/><BR/>3) Historically, Pianka's government will wage war against Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5805101.post-1144592145892021112006-04-09T10:15:00.000-04:002006-04-09T10:15:00.000-04:00in response to Federico, imagine that Pianka repre...in response to Federico, imagine that Pianka represents the "modernized nations" and the 8 people you mention represent the third world. it would make no difference if Pianka shot himself. Pianka himself as an American may indeed use most of the world's resources, but his contribution to the population problem is minimal since he only has 2 grandchildren. Now consider the people in the third Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5805101.post-1144266328559562602006-04-05T15:45:00.000-04:002006-04-05T15:45:00.000-04:00Jeff- You've got yourself in a hole. A3 is Q, a h...Jeff- You've got yourself in a hole. A3 is Q, a hasty genealization that makes 1 and 2 not matter. <BR/><BR/>Let's go back to the specifics, though, because it seems that some people I've talked to today, not you, don't want to bother with this hypothetical situation stuff.<BR/><BR/>What does "scientifically immoral" mean, when did the ID people claim that's a reason their ideas aren't aceeptedNatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618854813842730346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5805101.post-1144246320438410222006-04-05T10:12:00.000-04:002006-04-05T10:12:00.000-04:00Although I believe many of the things Pianka says ...Although I believe many of the things Pianka says are quasi-true (for instance, how our economy can only work if it is growing) I need to disagree with him to some level. Running out of resources is not necessarily only a matter of sheer numbers of people. How about the distribution of resources?<BR/><BR/>Forty percent of the world supply of many resources (oil, energy, etc) is used by the UnitedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5805101.post-1144237927994956162006-04-05T07:52:00.000-04:002006-04-05T07:52:00.000-04:00But X is totally convinced that his vases qualify ...But X is totally convinced that his vases qualify as pictures because of the pretty drawings (C) on them, yet he's still excluded from the fair! Rejecting Q2, he/she thinks that it's not the vases but C that are getting excluded because Y doesn't like them (Q3), even though Y allows all kinds of other pictures. Having failed to tackle Q2 directly, X raises censorship arguments (A3) in response Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271585796249479483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5805101.post-1144211008303818272006-04-05T00:23:00.000-04:002006-04-05T00:23:00.000-04:00I won't disagree-- the intelligent design people s...I won't disagree-- the intelligent design people say that they are censored. And I think they whine too much about it, considering that if they really did new science then nobody in science would censor them at all.<BR/><BR/>I suggest you go back to the drawing board on this irony thing, though. <BR/>Let me give you an example to explain....<BR/><BR/>There is an upcoming art fair, organized by Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618854813842730346noreply@blogger.com