Stem Cell Research - May Not Need Human Embryos

[Happydude]

hopefully they will be able to find the cures for all the most dangerous deseases soon...

[Neo]

Originally Posted by Happydude

hopefully they will be able to find the cures for all the most dangerous deseases soon...

If they did that we would then have to find a cure for overpopulation that doesn't start with the letter "g."

[Professor S]

People make far too big of a deal about overpopulation. The situation will take care of itself over time. I was watching Bill Nye (yes, the Science Guy) just the other day and he said that if the child to parent ratio drops from 2.5 to 1.7, we will be down to 3 Billion people on the planet (which is ideal) in just two generations. This is a blink of an eye in world history terms.

The child to parent ratio is already dropping in many western nations, and it will follow in the rest of the world over time as well.

Using overpopulation as an excuse to condone destruction of life in this case is silly anyway, as you are essentially destroying the life to extend anothers.

[Dylflon]

I'm with Strangler here.

Due to cost of living and the fact that we've settled in as first world nations, western countries are producing less babies.

Throughout history, countries that start developing exponentially experience population booms. As soon as China and India get themselves set up I'm sure they'll start having less kids too.



Even the three child family in my parts is becomming somewhat rare. Now if I see a family with a lot of kids, I assume they're catholic.