At 06:50 PM 7/26/98 -0500, William John wrote:
>What do you think of the above argument about lower overall birthrate per
>unit time for longer-living people?
I would hope so too, but this is about the point that Robin Hanson usually lobs in to mention that a small fraction with deviant growth rate will quickly supplant a more self-controlled majority. (If I understand the Great Filter/Fermi argument.) If everyone except a small bunch of Catholics swallowed their combined immortality & sterility pill, the world would soon be choked with die-hard (ahem) Catholics. No?
Damien Broderick