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Originally Posted by Nesti
The only clear distinctions that I see between say, Great Apes and ourselves, is that we are egotistical and have no equilibrium with the environment...
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in biological systems, populations reach an equilibrium when the birth rate and the death rate are balanced. The death rate includes causes like disease, old age, predation etc. Humans are no different from any other group of animals - its just that for better or worse, the death rate is not yet equal to the birth rate. But it will come. Quite simply, at some point there will not be enough food or water. Continuous exponential population growth is not possible. Whether it will be a "soft landing", with the growth flattening out naturally, or a "hard-landing" with a sharp decline in population remains to be seen....