Hey all,

I was wondering if anyone here knows the formula for the growth of a human population. I was asking because if we take the typical Fundamentalist world age of 6000 years, and the average generation to be 18 or so years, how many children would have to have been in the average family for good ol' Adam and Eve to beget six billion children in six thousand years? I've never heard this quoted in an argument before, but it might bear investigating, if nothing else than for the sake of amusement.

• Not only that - harvey1 - December 2, 2001 - 17:03 UTC
  • We have to be careful - carefuluniverse - December 2, 2001 - 18:31 UTC
    • Sloppy comparison - luis_hamburgh - December 2, 2001 - 20:31 UTC
      • : ) That's like a black hole calling a black light black - carefuluniverse - December 2, 2001 - 21:36 UTC
  • Ja - stormcrow - December 2, 2001 - 18:42 UTC
    • Artillery - luis_hamburgh - December 2, 2001 - 20:37 UTC
  • Welcome Back, Harv (nt) - luis_hamburgh - December 2, 2001 - 20:17 UTC
• This is high school stuff, high school stuff - carefuluniverse - December 3, 2001 - 03:12 UTC
  • I am aware of that - stormcrow - December 3, 2001 - 05:22 UTC
    • Evolutionary biology white paper - carefuluniverse - December 3, 2001 - 06:11 UTC
• This is high school stuff, high school stuff - carefuluniverse - December 3, 2001 - 03:13 UTC
• Easy question (for Mario). - alexander - December 3, 2001 - 18:22 UTC
  • This is your "advanced logic" ? There is more to logic - carefuluniverse - December 4, 2001 - 22:55 UTC
    • Michael, read what I wrote, please. - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 00:24 UTC
      • Don't beget a cow . . . . man - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 02:19 UTC
        • Credit for thinking goes to . . . . - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 02:50 UTC
        • So, do you deny facts? - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 04:21 UTC
          • Arguing "by any means necesssary" - your idealism? - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 04:47 UTC
            • I am educator. This is my job - to educate others. - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 05:00 UTC
              • I can't even believe you read all my posts - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 19:41 UTC
                • Michael, do you have vision problem. - alexander - December 6, 2001 - 00:12 UTC
                  • You can't even quote me correctly after copy-and-paste - carefuluniverse - December 6, 2001 - 01:54 UTC
• Maybe the best site on Earth to worry about population - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 02:54 UTC
  • You see, Mike: add more math (details) and you get more accuracy - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 04:28 UTC
    • You already knew all this. You should have Alexander's web site - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 04:40 UTC
      • I do not know much about human population, but - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 04:42 UTC
    • You are not invited to call me by my first name any more. - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 04:41 UTC
      • Is this how "free world" thinks? - alexander - December 5, 2001 - 04:51 UTC
        • Hello? Hello? - carefuluniverse - December 5, 2001 - 22:09 UTC
          • Mike, can you say anything about the subject? - alexander - December 6, 2001 - 00:29 UTC
    • Okay, where did I deny math's role in natural processes? - carefuluniverse - December 6, 2001 - 07:59 UTC