Other - Social Science - June 2006

My answer is-to die. What's yours?

2006-06-27 23:04:18 · 36 answers · asked by Keiran A 1

2006-06-27 22:32:44 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

HoKoKU-Report,RenrRaKu-Inform,SouDan-consult

2006-06-27 22:11:36 · 1 answers · asked by Teo C 1

2006-06-27 20:35:42 · 21 answers · asked by dhkeys 2

2006-06-27 20:35:24 · 10 answers · asked by justin s 1

Tell me no matter how small or insignificant you think it might be... and DON'T lie to me.

2006-06-27 20:29:03 · 7 answers · asked by eggman 7

Dr. Pianka’s talk at the TAS meeting was mostly of the problems humans are causing as we rapidly proliferate around the globe. The bulk of his talk was that he’s waiting for the virus that will eventually arise and kill off 90% of human population. In fact, his hope is that the ebola virus which attacks humans currently (but only through blood transmission) will mutate with the ebola virus that attacks monkeys airborne to create an airborne ebola virus that attacks humans. He’s basically advocating for the death of all but 10% of the current population! And at the risk of sounding just as radical, I think he’s right.

Humans are far too populous. We’ve used up our resources, and we’re destroying the Earth at an accelerated pace. The more technology we create, the more damage we’re capable of doing. We now consider keeping the forest natural to save a species of catepillar more important that using that space for humans to live and till. And I’m in complete agreement with that. It’s the harsh reality that many people alive right now should be dead. And even harsher to think that the world would be better off with them dead too. Or think of all the babies being born every hour with abnormalities that 50 years ago would have kept them from living. Now, those lives can be saved, and we pat ourselves on the backs at how smart and charitable we are as a species that we can create and sustain life. Life has a built-in mechanism that keeps species from becoming too overpopulated, and it wasn’t until humans started messing with the system that it went out of whack. Now that we’ve killed off the majority of all top predators, we now must take on the duty of keeping populations in check and at the same time, allowing other species a fair chance at reproduction.

It wouldn’t have been so bad 15-20 years ago when we reached that threshold of sustainability if we as humans would have learned to control our population size then. But instead, we saw the Earth’s resources as unlimited and our authority over them exclusive, and we continued to reproduce when we should’ve stop. Dr. Pianka made a very profound comment during his presentation; he said that China has the right idea by limiting reproduction at 1. We’re past the point of replacement reproduction as a species. We’re too many for the number we’re at now! We need to decline in population. A virus is probably the fairest method of extermination (though still not completely fair, I admit) because it’s nondiscriminatory as to whom it targets. Rich, poor, black, white, brown, nice, mean, religious, agnostic - we’d all be targeted equally.

It’d be nice if humans could learn to manage our population as successively as we’ve learned to manage the population of literally every other species on this planet with whom we share. We’re very skilled when it comes to killing off deer, snakes, rabbits, and fish for population control. But we’re a stupid species when it comes to managing ourselves. An insightful observation was made during the talk that education should be the key to learning how to take care of the Earth, but the problem is that the educated have fewer children and the uneducated have many children. So eventually, the uneducated will take over the Earth. It may have already happened.

2006-06-27 20:01:46 · 15 answers · asked by lacoste 3

2006-06-27 19:59:13 · 8 answers · asked by brakedown61301 4

2006-06-27 19:29:17 · 4 answers · asked by samisaleo 1

2006-06-27 18:56:15 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

My boyfriend and I have been arguing over this for awhile. If someone purposely kills another who had done absolutely nothing wrong to them, just an innocent person, do they deserve to die?

2006-06-27 18:28:06 · 11 answers · asked by Alta 2

we all have different beliefs why cant we just share them and if we dont agree just agree to disagree why fight over it all??

2006-06-27 18:23:48 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

ride? What make/model?

2006-06-27 17:19:42 · 8 answers · asked by ♥ Callie Ann ♥ 3

i think not.

2006-06-27 16:51:14 · 10 answers · asked by brakedown61301 4

...and do the planets all make fun of Uranus's name?

2006-06-27 16:12:46 · 11 answers · asked by a kinder, gentler me 7

Why do you have to be so complicated. Why can't you just let guys figure you out? I mean we would like to know what you want, but you make things way to complicated for us. We just wanna make you happy. Why do you have to make yourselves so complex?

2006-06-27 16:10:13 · 24 answers · asked by Pandora Tommorow 4

2006-06-27 15:48:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Mines Brittany Hope Shook.I dont have a nick name

2006-06-27 14:49:27 · 12 answers · asked by Brittany S 1

philippine history

2006-06-27 14:25:12 · 4 answers · asked by britrheigne21 1

i dont know what to do this bloody internet is huge i mean big son

2006-06-27 14:19:25 · 5 answers · asked by ct r 1

2006-06-27 14:00:32 · 8 answers · asked by ct r 1

2006-06-27 13:41:58 · 30 answers · asked by ct r 1

On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being lowest and 10 being highest, what would you rate your current problems at this time?

2006-06-27 13:33:18 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

BlAcK PeOpLe oR AnY OtHeR LiGhT SkIn pEoPlE WhO ArE NoT WhItE.

2006-06-27 13:16:22 · 8 answers · asked by Jose A 1

Why do people use "beheaded" shouldn't it be "deheaded"? Why do people do this?

2006-06-27 12:30:15 · 12 answers · asked by disprincess 2

2006-06-27 12:19:48 · 5 answers · asked by psychovision4 1

Living in a fast pace society, studies have shown that Americans are busier than ever but also lonelier than ever. If you had a choice, would you choose a new job or promotion with a very high salary but more demanding of your time or turn it down because you think time spent with your family is more important? I am curious as to what the majority of Americans value most. Thanks.

2006-06-27 12:18:47 · 16 answers · asked by Ana 4

2006-06-27 12:02:57 · 10 answers · asked by bmgb91 2

About anything!

2006-06-27 11:44:56 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a comedian I write jokes to my humor but that doesn't mean it will make everyone laugh. So please inform me of a funny story, something someone said to you, funny sounds, words, people, ect.

2006-06-27 11:27:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous