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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Advanced races and overpopulation
Message-ID: <545@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 15:05:51 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 29 15:05:51 1985
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Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT
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Summary: Lets get away from it all


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It is quite correct that space colonization won't cure overpopulation.
But overpopulation WILL cause space colonization, because it is to the
advantage of the person who leaves to do so.  He or she gets to live
in a more pleasant environment (at least marginally), and have as many
children as desired.

Sure, the average Joe would rather live in the Riviera.  But even today,
that isn't an option for most of us.  There comes a point where what you
have is bad enough that you take a chance with something new.  The U.S.
did get colonized, after all.

The marching morons scenario won't work with normally intelligent human
beings.  You can't fool all the people all the time.