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To: Ron who wrote (325897)	4/25/2020 12:38:49 PM
From: Cautious_Optimist	3 Recommendations Recommended By elpolvo pocotrader Ron Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362004

If filmaking (and the legal system) teaches us anything, it is that a powerful case can be presented for virtually anything. And with enough money, you can spread the word and win. Some great fact-based documentaries, ranging to those with only a modicum of truth. Add some provocative images and emotional material and a movement can be born, from any POV just ask FoxNews or Dinesh D'Souza. Or all the usual 20th century propagandists east and west. P.S. For me, western education should stress the history of BS and the tools we all need as BS detectors; not merely memorizing taxonomy and equations to pass tests. For example, the study of comparative religions, but not the study of One "scripture" as Truth (capital O capital T.) There are some complicated cultural obstacles to my vision here. Also, the understanding of systems and processes that while "fact based" are dynamic, not fixed-ends. This is where I think people who say education is always the answer -- do not go far enough.

To: Ron who wrote (325897)	4/25/2020 6:53:11 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362004

re: Critiques of 'The Planet of the Humans' I do agree with the overpopulation premise... Me2. l wonder what it is that keeps that premise unspoken? I don't even hear it mentioned by our wresident wharf wrat. I'll axe him NOW... Hey wharphie, what would YOU think about birth control as a solution to AGW? If we were to lower the human population to, say... 4 billion, through a "planned reduction" of new births wouldn't that be the ultimate solution? Wouldn't that be mo bettah (easier) than finding ways to be less messy with the environment? What would be the optimum number of humans for the planet to support, given current lifestyles? There HAS to be some movement to reduce population, que no? Got any links to any population reduction movements? -el polvo de estrellas ps- There was another 'critique' of the documentary in the article you shared, Ron... pretty similar thoughts about the flaws of "The Planet of the Humans": earther.gizmodo.com