The Present Look

In 1950, the world population was roughly 2.5 billion. Today, it’s around 6.6 billion, and by 2050, it’s predicted to be over 9 billion! In only 100 years the world population will have more than tripled. In nature, the population of animals is controlled by a delicate predator/prey relationship, thus maintaining harmony and balance with nature. People, however, have no predators and our population grows unchecked. The only real things that can at least slow down our population growth (Let’s face it, birth control obviously isn’t working) are war and disease. War has been around as long as people have. Rival tribes would battle each other all the time over the most precious of commodities… land. And even today war is waged more or less over the same thing. Thus, constant war played a major role in holding populations in check. Disease does the same thing. The plague wiped out nearly a quarter of the population of Europe. The survivors, however, were stronger as a whole after the plague (as are all their descendants). Today, modern science tries to eradicate disease, thus, enabling people who would have died due to disease to reproduce and contribute to the overpopulation of the world. Their offspring, in turn, are evolutionarily weak like their parents. Thus, the overall strength of the world population is decreased due to the fact that the weak and sickly survive to reproduce. This weakened world population, compounded by the fact that global commingling is at a high, is setting the stage for a worldwide pandemic. Why do you think doctors are so worried about the bird flu? And what if the bird flu wiped out a quarter of the world population as the plague did years ago? Would that be such a bad thing? No, for the overall health of the earth, that would be a very, very good thing.

Cid,
I just wanted to agree with you for once, about the world population. There are a couple of other things that over population is doing to our whole society. With the population the way it is already we are creating problems with our food sources. Our soils can't keep up with the size of our crops. The foods produced don't have the sufficient minerals and vitamins to maintain a healthy society. Our development of these super crops that can be grown bigger. What good is that if they don't have the essentials that we need. So, over all by creating these crops we are making our stronger individuals, weaker. Yeah, we can feed the world. How long would peoples life spans be? I assume much shorter. Due to the poor quailty of food. Also, our oceans as things are now are already being depleated. If you have ever read anthing about fish farms. These fish are lacking in nutrients that you receive when eating wild fish even the flavor is gone. People say to supplement your body with vitamins. Ok, where do we get these vitamins when their source is gone. What about all the waste created by all this population growth? Eventually we will be a society of sickly weak people. People will begin to resent one another. Looking at everyone as competition for quality in life (this is already happening). The only solution is the education of third world countries "NOW". Before we all are reverted to this kind of society.
"Earth can only do so much for so many"
The SNP500 Man

War and Disease… Necessary Evils

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