Annoying Me With Science!
Perhaps I’m just feeling grouchy today, but I feel compelled to link to this. I’ve been trying to come up with a suitable rejoinder to the following line, but I just can’t. I can’t do it justice. It’s too good. It’s the perfect fusion of factual inaccuracy and abominable style that we’ve all been reaching for all these years. It represents the pinnacle of an art form, the very highest layer of the ziggurat. Here, help yourself:
Science has proven that our population is growing exponentially, and the mathematical diagrams derived by science show that this growth will continue until it peaks.
I surrender, ODE. You win.
The piece then devolves into this weird amalgamation of Malthus and Walt Disney:
Let’s imagine that there’s this beautiful pristine pond, and in the middle of it is this perfect little island with emerald green grass, flowering plants, nitrogen-rich soil and a population of flightless birds…
Um, no. Let’s not. God, will the cuteness never end? At least the editorial is right on the money.
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