On Sun, 2014-06-29 at 18:31 +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote: > It's all very well to create these shapes...but what will they mean > for us?
I like the word "USAnian" Deep you need to look at the triangles formed by the populations of Pakistan, Syria, Nigeria, Somalia, Bangladesh, to an extent India as well. Ever since I was a boy articles from the US have generally self-referred to the US as if it is the centre of the universe, and this article is no different when the author says > Around the world, older generations are becoming the dominant > demographic groups. > Not all around the world sir. Not all around the world. As a "prefect" in school (how quaint and remote that sounds to me!) I used to read out bible lessons at the morning assembly once in a couple of weeks or so as "The Lesson for the Day". One lesson contained the lines "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit" Not sure if Pakistanis etc are meek, but they shall certainly inherit. Science decreased death rates and increased life-spans, causing a population explosion like never before. The same science responded to that by decreasing birth rate. It is almost as if science likes to deny death and will go so far as to bar birth simply to prove that old age and death can be conquered. How astoundingly stupid. Will not be surprised at all to see religion come increasingly into conflict with science. Scientists have lost the plot. shiv
