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To: Brumar89 who wrote (612388)5/21/2011 5:17:58 PM
From: J_F_Shepard  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1583609
 
Yes, because they are not bible (imaginary based) but reality based (based on measurements and data).....and they are not predictions, they are projections a term sometimes incorrectly used.....like Bush used Saddam and 9-11...



To: Brumar89 who wrote (612388)5/22/2011 6:25:40 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1583609
 
Many of them did specify specific time period, if not a specific day.

"The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate..."

- Paul Ehrlich "The Population Bomb"

Of course that was only in early editions. The book was first publish in 1968.


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