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		antisthenes 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to... You can't make this statement in a vacuum. You need to know what the current population is, what the carrying capacity is, etc etc. Generic statements sound and feel good, but are completely useless.

bryanlarsen 25 days ago [–]

Sure you can. A rapidly declining population is rapidly changing. Ergo it's not stable.

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