tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post8567688718222506313..comments2024-03-29T04:09:50.502-07:00Comments on eScienceCommons: Modern population boom traced to pre-industrial rootseScienceCommonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07669694248203452186noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post-27757112097244585102014-09-05T08:31:18.568-07:002014-09-05T08:31:18.568-07:00The take off point was different and earlier in th...The take off point was different and earlier in the entirely separate societies of China and India. This is indicated by their relative population sizes, and explained by written records of their social organization. That does not invalidate the author's point as to social causes, but it is a bit of ethnocentrism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post-68459798373338914242014-09-03T04:57:25.129-07:002014-09-03T04:57:25.129-07:00“The human population has not behaved like any oth... “The human population has not behaved like any other animal population." <br /><br />This observation shows the error of the author's presumptions. Humanity is qualitatively distinct from all other species in our unique ability to control and use fire. This includes all the advances in forms of energy. Today we are on the brink of mining Helium 3 on the moon for fusion energy. This will transform yet again the potential relative density of our population at a new plateau as we gain control over processes in our solar system. Thingumbobesquirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12020353989252293669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post-44472935205347970732014-09-02T21:33:26.975-07:002014-09-02T21:33:26.975-07:00Thanks for catching that. It's been corrected....Thanks for catching that. It's been corrected.eScienceCommonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669694248203452186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4004592252895499792.post-86582716367947503522014-09-02T19:01:09.241-07:002014-09-02T19:01:09.241-07:00*Thomas Cole*Thomas ColeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com