July 22, 2007

SCIENCISM BEGINS WITH HATING HUMANS:

Science chief: cut birthrate to save Earth: New museum head says lower population would cut CO2 at a fraction of renewable energy cost (Robin McKie, July 22, 2007, The Observer)

The new head of the Science Museum has an uncompromising view about how global warming should be dealt with: get rid of a few billion people. Chris Rapley, who takes up his post on September 1, is not afraid of offending. 'I am not advocating genocide,' said Rapley. 'What I am saying is that if we invest in ways to reduce the birthrate - by improving contraception, education and healthcare - we will stop the world's population reaching its current estimated limit of between eight and 10 billion.

Their need to deny being genocidal stems from the fact that they are.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 22, 2007 7:51 AM
Comments

"Healthcare" to lower the population? Is that a new euphamism for euthansia?

Posted by: Buttercup at July 22, 2007 9:20 AM

No, Abortion.

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at July 22, 2007 10:52 AM

Stop abortion with forced sterilization.

Posted by: erp at July 22, 2007 11:03 AM

Sacrificing children to Molech Gaia.

Posted by: Gideon at July 22, 2007 1:17 PM

A major problem with scientific analyses of human beings is that they usually assume that humans are animals. Animal populations often show a boom-and-bust pattern caused by overshoot. If humans are animals we must beware of overshoot, which means we must be concerned about overpopulation long before there is any real evidence of it.

On the other hand, ecologically speaking humans are plants. (Plants rarely have overshoot problems.) When there are more of a species of animal there is less of what that animal eats. When there are more of a species of plant, the resources the plant needs either increase (soil) or stay the same (sunlight).

Posted by: Joseph Hertzlinger at July 22, 2007 4:12 PM

For an interesting TEDtalks video that speaks if you have about 20 minutes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzGjEkp772s&mode=user&search=

Posted by: kathy at July 23, 2007 12:42 AM

Dennet's most revealing moment came in an interview with Robert Wright where he accidentally disavowed Darwinism:

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/153/story_15340_1.html

Posted by: oj at July 23, 2007 8:06 AM

Give war a chance.

Posted by: Genecis at July 23, 2007 12:29 PM
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