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6 Post author: Rubix 14 October 2011 05:21AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 19 October 2011 06:35:21PM 2 points [-]

I meant "some people would have to live with a lower food supply in the short term but food production will be strongly incentivized in the long term." Unfortunately, now that I think about it, "let's kill arbitrary group #27" might actually look more attractive in that situation.

Comment author: jhuffman 19 October 2011 07:02:21PM *  2 points [-]

If production levels of food can still be increased at a linear cost then we haven't come anywhere close to "population too high".

Comment author: [deleted] 19 October 2011 07:09:15PM 2 points [-]

I agree, and that's why "let's kill people" actually does make more sense in that situation. My original "market prices" argument was bad.