Some subscribers to
Math-Teach might be interested in a recent post "L.A. Times
Population Report: Beyond 7 Billion - Fighting the Last War?"
[Hake (2012b)].
Q. What does
overpopulation have to do with Math-Teach?
A. Please see the
Bartlett signature quotes.
The abstract
reads:
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ABSTRACT: In
response to my post "L.A. Times Population Report: Beyond 7
Billion" [Hake (2012a)] at <http://bit.ly/Ufro6y>, Ed
Gehringer (2012) of the POD list wrote: "Hey Richard, I think
you're fighting the last war," where the "fighting the last
war" was linked to the Population Research Institute's
<http://www.pop.org/> "OVERPOPULATION IS A MYTH.com -
Episode 5: 7 Billion People: WILL EVERYONE PLEASE RELAX?" [My
CAPS.]
At that site a video
at <http://bit.ly/SJViUe> shows a roller coaster, representing
population, rising steeply from 3 billion to 5 billion, rising less
steeply after 5 billion, peaking at about 7-8 billion, and then
*decreasing*! SO SHOULD EVERYONE RELAX?
In this post I give "Twenty-eight Quotes Relevant To
Overpopulation" which suggest, contrary to the Population
Research Institute's admonition, that EVERYONE SHOULD *NOT*
RELAX.
The population clock
is ticking! When I transmitted this post to AERA-L and Net-Gold on 13
Dec 2012 at 16:14-0800, the world population clock at
<http://1.usa.gov/j2u6Gw> stood at 7,058,386,641. How many
people have been added by time you read this?
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To access the
complete 64 kB post please click on <http://bit.ly/TeOpJj>.
Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Links to Articles: <http://bit.ly/a6M5y0>
Links to Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs:
<http://bit.ly/9nGd3M>
Academia: <http://bit.ly/a8ixxm>
Blog: <http://bit.ly/9yGsXh>
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Twitter: <http://bit.ly/juvd52>
The greatest
shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the
exponential function."
- A.A. Bartlett (2004)
"In our classrooms and in our lives as scientists, we must
acknowledge that overpopulation is the world's most serious and
threatening problem and that this problem requires immediate and
urgent attention."
-A.A.
Bartlett (2012)
REFERENCES [URL's
shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 13 Dec
2012.]
Bartlett, A.A. 2004.
"The Essential Exponential! For the Future of Our Planet,"
Center for Science, Mathematics & Computer Education, University
of Nebraska, Lincoln, publisher's information at
<http://bit.ly/VpN2pm>. Author's information at
<http://bit.ly/VJQzRN>. The first chapter is online at
<http://bit.ly/QKtjEh>.
Bartlett, A.A. 2012. "The Meaning of Sustainability,"
Teachers Clearinghouse for Science and Society Education Newsletter
31(1); online at <http://bit.ly/SyM0t8>.
Hake, R.R. 2012a.
"L.A. Times Population Report: Beyond 7 Billion," online on
the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/Ufro6y>. Post of 5
Dec 2012 14:23:20-0800 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link
to the complete post are being transmitted to several discussion lists
and are also on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at
<http://bit.ly/YBNFUU> with a provision for comments.
Hake, R.R. 2012b.
"L.A. Times Population Report: Beyond 7 Billion - Fighting the
Last War?" online on the OPEN! online on the OPEN! AERA-L
archives at <http://bit.ly/TeOpJj>. Post of 13 Dec 2012
16:14:29-0800 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the
complete post are being transmitted to several discussion lists and
are also on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at
<http://bit.ly/W2EV8u> with a provision for
comments.