India's population expected to pass China's by 2030

[General Ludd]

EDIT: This was an agreement with MORON's post.

Yes, I mistakenly thought that utilitarians cared about happiness. I realize now that they only consider happiness important in so far as it can be used to further exploit people for their "utility". So i can see why Azazel would prefer a larger but unhappier society to a small utopia, in that sense - because it means bigger numbers of production or utility.

Utilitarians are apparently nothing but aggrandizing industrialists in disguise - stalinists that grudgingly consult an HR department.

[:) Smiley]

Well, if first person shooters turn people into homocidal maniacs, Civ and other strategy games have its side effects as well.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by St Leo

Originally posted by Kidicious
Blind faith.

Some assumptions need to be made, lest we all become solipsists and curl up in the fetal position.

Faith in progress is reasonable IMHO, but environmentalism is part of progress.

Assumptions should be conservative. Conservative assumptions always result in the best decisions.