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by ItsMe000001 2918 days ago
> It discusses one specific problem: over-population

As I said, they make exactly zero effort to say anything of substance about that issue. Key word is "over". I refer back to my comment. They say something about "population" - but the vital "over-" part is not addressed at all. For good reason, that's a complex topic with mostly unknowns.

> Colorful animations help people understand a point, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're wrong.

If there is no substance and the topic is complex and big than that alone is wrong already.

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There are unknowns, yes, but that doesn't mean we can't build estimations and try to reduce the unknowns. That's how econometrics works. And that's how the UN came up with projected expectations: https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Graphs/Probabilistic/POP/TOT/