Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout
by tempestn on Friday April 29, 2016 @06:36AM
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Even if extreme measures did become necessary, they wouldn't have to be that extreme. For example, if everyone were limited to a maximum of one child, even if no one ever died from any cause, the population would still be capped at double the starting level.
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Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout
by prodigal_erik on Friday April 29, 2016 @09:10PM
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Do you mean every couple is limited to one child? Because if every person could have one, every couple could have two and they all live forever, that grows without limit. But if everyone gets half a child, that's basically Niven's birthright system.
Re:If cryonics suddenly worked, we'd need to face the fallout
by tempestn on Friday April 29, 2016 @10:54PM
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If a couple has two children, each person in that couple has two children as well, not one. IE, if you ask a father of two how many children he has, the answer is "two", not "one; the other one is my wife's".
So saying each person gets one child is basically equivalent to saying each couple gets one child, except there's no need to include the concept of a "couple" in the equation.