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If only people were rational. But population doesn't follow rationality, it follows the Logistic function:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistic_function
The Logistic function's left-hand side looks as flat as it does because there are too few organisms to support a larger growth rate.
The Logistic function's right-hand side looks as flat as it does because there are too many starving organisms to support a larger growth rate.
Welcome to natural selection. :)
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If only people were rational. But population doesn't follow rationality, it follows the Logistic function:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistic_function
The Logistic function's left-hand side looks as flat as it does because there are too few organisms to support a larger growth rate.
The Logistic function's right-hand side looks as flat as it does because there are too many starving organisms to support a larger growth rate.
Welcome to natural selection. :)