My origins (slide 2)
My origins (slide 2)- Yes, I am aware of the irony of being born on St. Valentine’s Day.
Population Principle (slide 4)
- the capacity of the Earth to create food is vastly outstripped by human wubblie potential
- yes, the ability of humans to reproduce
- okay, the phrase is sexual procreation, but it’s so embarrassing to say!
Population Principle (slide 5)
In short:
- wubblie potential is exponential
- food supply is linear.
Fewer Humans: A good thing (slide 6)
Wubblie potential is only kept in check by:
- natural causes — accidents and old age
- misery — war, pestilence and famine
- moral restraint
- vice.
Fewer Humans: Vice — further explained (slide 7)
- infanticide
- murder
- contraception
- Nancy boys.
Preferred methods of reducing Wubblie potential (only slide)
- late marriage
- abstinence
- (no “accidental” touching of jumblies either)
- yes, I agree, not fun but necessary, and very British!
Inspired by:
Birthday of Thomas Robert “not much for having fun” Malthus, Feb. 1766. NB: There is no historical evidence that Malthus ever used the phrases “wubblies” or “jumblies”.