The population argument for a young Earth

[A4C]

When it comes to population growth, then yes, they act like humans. So does every single population of any species, for that manner.

Oh really? Do you have scientific proof of this?

 

[Loudmouth]

Oh really? Do you have scientific proof of this?

The fact that the mass of bacteria on this planet is so low compared to what it could be.

 

[Mistermystery]

I dont really care what you heard in primary school

Quote of the month, because everything what's being teached is wrong, right A4c?

 

[alerj123]

Oh really? Do you have scientific proof of this?

umm, yea, acually, we do. We know how populations work. We observe it, we see that populations of rabbits don't grow until they cover the eath, nor do any creature. If you cant tell me why humans are exempt from that, then there is no reason to think that they are. We are animals, after all. the same rules that applies to them applies to us.

 

[A4C]

The fact that the mass of bacteria on this planet is so low compared to what it could be.

humans populate exponentially
bacteria don't populate exponentially
Therefore humans and bacteria populate in the same manner

Have I got your reasoning right there?

 

[alerj123]

humans populate exponentially

oops, no they don't, nice try though.

 

[Loudmouth]

The fact that the mass of bacteria on this planet is so low compared to what it could be.

humans populate exponentially
bacteria don't populate exponentially
Therefore humans and bacteria populate in the same manner

Have I got your reasoning right there?

I must have missed a page. Both human and bacterial populations can grow exponentially, but not all of the time. Like bacteria, humans stop exponential growth when they run out of resources. The "population" argument used by creationists assumes that current human population growth is the norm when in fact it is an artifact of increased resources due to technology.

 

[A4C]

Quote of the month, because everything what's being teached is wrong, right A4c?

No wrong but right about the things that are wrong, right?

 

[nvxplorer]

Oh really? Do you have scientific proof of this?

Since when were you concerned with scientific evidence?

 

[A4C]

I must have missed a page. Both human and bacterial populations can grow exponentially, but not all of the time. Like bacteria, humans stop exponential growth when they run out of resources. The "population" argument used by creationists assumes that current human population growth is the norm when in fact it is an artifact of increased resources due to technology.

I think technology may in fact have detrimental effect on population growth - just a hunch perhaps

 

[A4C]

Since when were you concerned with scientific evidence?

I was just interested to find out if there was or not

 

[MSBS]

I think technology may in fact have detrimental effect on population growth

How?

 

[raphael_aa]

I think technology may in fact have detrimental effect on population growth - just a hunch perhaps

Yep, all that medical advancement, increased life expectancy,green revolution, assistive technology has obviously got to be detrimental

 

[Loudmouth]

I think technology may in fact have detrimental effect on population growth - just a hunch perhaps

Technology has lead to record yields in agriculture which now fuels population growth, plain and simple. Medical advances allow this growth to be sustainable. If the opposite were true then we should have been run over by tribes from the Amazon Valley long ago.

 

[alerj123]

I think technology may in fact have detrimental effect on population growth - just a hunch perhaps

A4C, why do you make things up? would you like to give us a reason WHY technology has a detrimental effect on population growth? Technology has a HUGE benifit to population growth. It allows us to grow more, to feed more people. It allows people to survive sickness where they would otherwise die. It allows us to transport goods so that everyone who needs something can get it. Those are just a few of the benifets.

 

[Mistermystery]

I always like the parts where A4c stops backing his claims up, which is basically all the time.

HE is my favorite poster A++

 

[random_guy]

My goodness, reading through this thread makes me believe that YECists don't even accept differential equations. A4C, look up logistic growth. It's a simple concept that explains why we aren't swimming in bateria.

 

[A4C]

How?

birth control, abortion, global warming , proliferation of diseases , weapons of mass destruction, etc etc.

 

[FSTDT]

Is there any particular reason why we arent buried under a mountain of rabbits?

 

[alerj123]

birth control, abortion, global warming , proliferation of diseases , weapons of mass destruction, etc etc.

Unfotunatly, all these things don't offset the benifets of technology. Let me ask you a question. If all the technology we have, hyothetically, went away, could are population stay as large as it is?