Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 22:22:00 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2024-10-29, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
 

The cornucopians think there will always be a technological fix.
Someday they will reach into the hat to pull out the next rabbit and
find out there ain't no more rabbits.

 
"Cornucopians" - love it.  That's a keeper.
 
As I once heard on a program on the topic, "Science can't make the sun
shine brighter or the rivers run faster."

The term has been around for a long time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornucopianism

Henry George had some interesting ideas but he went off the rails on that
one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%E2%80%93Ehrlich_wager

Simon won for that specific decade and was wise to take a pass on the
second one proposed.