bokov comments on Blind Spot: Malthusian Crunch - Less Wrong

4 Post author: bokov 18 October 2013 01:48PM

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Comment author: bokov 19 October 2013 03:52:22AM 0 points [-]

It's the reason I put (in recent times).

Comment author: CronoDAS 21 October 2013 03:38:52AM 1 point [-]

1918 isn't recent in this context?

Comment author: bokov 21 October 2013 03:25:52PM 0 points [-]

How does whether or not I call it recent alter the point I'm trying to make?

That point being: if we understand why something can happen, and we don't understand why it hasn't happened, we need to do so before we decide that it's safe to ignore.