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Subject: Re: Re: Even If I DID Believe ... (the d - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 20-Jan-84 23:11:59 EST
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uokvax!andree    Jan 19 22:19:00 1984

Problem: Given god-like powers, after feeding the world, how do you
keep the population down?

Solution: Stolen straight from a story in Analog, references available
on request.

Easy. You PHYSICALLY fix women (Gee, aren't god-like powers fun?) so
that they are normally sterile. Getting pregnant requires taking 
"the pill, mark II", which has several VERY DESIRABLE side affects.
Rash, flaking skin, etc. Choose your favorite allergic affect. Thus,
you CAN NOT have an "oops" pregnancy. Pregnancy requires an act of will,
and some strength of character (otherwise, women never make it through
the side affects). Result: The only people who have childer are people
who WANT children. Badly, at that.

In the story mentioned, the fix was applied as disease of some flavor
or another - a gene-splicing virus, so that your kids got it to.

Unlikely, but so is walking on water.

	"What good is someone who can walk on water if you can't follow
	in his footsteps?"
	<mike