I don't dismiss them, but I also recall when our best guess was global pop would start decreasing c. 2050
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in other words, the situation is even worse than previously predicted
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no, "the situation" hasn't changed, guesses have. Sure, make contingency plans based on guesses.
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it's what humans do! but recall that we're dealing with guesswork based on imperfect knowledge.
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no, people expected that fertility would drop faster than it actually is. So today it's worse than
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it was expected to be
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you're still confusing predictions with data, but we agree on the main point: contingency plans are needed.
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