he was miscalibrated for sure! the specific bet would have paid out if it was a different timeframe tho.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon–Ehrlich_wager …
@sama’s bet was waaaaay closer, but still off (only by a tiny amount!)
am a huge believer in progress and think cynics should go to their own planet
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I was more thinking about his claim that exponential growth would lead to the entire planetary mass being turned into humans
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perfect timing, another damn Malthusian popped up in my mentions this morning
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Esther Boserup: Patroness saint of the sigmoid curvepic.twitter.com/JdIjVqSvOQ
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A lot of people still think that way though?????
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yeah but no one likes ehrlich
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