Is mankind a virus?

[~Chad~ 0]

I voted no to the first question because as George Carlin once said--- "The planet is fine, the people are f--ked."

[mawilson 2,133]

What's your definition of 'overpopulation'?

My definition is simple. If people in a particular area are starving, the area is overpopulated.

Either produce enough food, or produce other stuff and use it to buy food.

[Fandango 1,439]

Can't believe someone actually used 'Poppycock' in a sentence ......and I'm not talking of the popcorn candy variety!

G-dawg, put down the remote, you've watched The Matrix too many times

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Overpopulation is a fallacy. It's not the number of humans that is the problem - it's the amount of overconsumption that is killing us and life as we know it. Birth rates are extremely low among industrialized nations and even in many developing countries, the rate is dropping.

Noticeable that Watson (and others advocating his views) will always consider thenselves as an "elite exceptional class" to whom their statement is inapplicable.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

What's your definition of 'overpopulation'?

My definition is simple. If people in a particular area are starving, the area is overpopulated.

Either produce enough food, or produce other stuff and use it to buy food.

Birth rates have a tendency towards leveling off in developing nations and in the industrialized nations the rates are extremely low. In the global scheme of things - it's not so simple to just declare one region of this world must produce enough food or have enough resources to feed its people. The British Empire was notorious for going into otherwise sustainable regions of the world and mucking it up.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Hmm...In biology, a virus is a non-living entity unless it come into contact with a cell to inject its genetic code. Therefore, it cannot be used to contrast with mankind. However, the un-used gene sequence in our DNA (introns) contains some retrovirus genes that was passed on during the evolution of man.

[Nessa 23]

no

no