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I'd be happy to be proved wrong. Look at the human population growth curve on this page
Well, I actually looked beyond the graph, to this language at the bottom of the page:
A consensus?
The several agencies that try to predict future population seem to be moving closer to a consensus that:
* the world population will continue to grow until after the middle of this century
* reaching a peak of some 9 billion (up from today's 6.6 billion) and then
* perhaps declining in the waning years of this century.
If I'm reading this right (and I'd like to think that I am), it seems to be at odds with your prediction. You talk about the doubling time getting shorter and shorter, and predict that after two more doublings we'll lack sufficient resources to put together a space-directed solution. However, the (unnamed) experts don't think there will be even one more doubling. I have no idea how accurate this consensus is, but it's most curious for you to cite to a webpage that actually contradicts what you say.
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