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It wouldn't be bad if we found the cure to cancer, but if we did the world would be very much more overpopulated, amirite?

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The world most certainly is overpopulated, as humans are using natural resources faster than they can be replenished, and our behavior is degrading our environment. I mean, yeah, we have space on the planet for everyone to have a house, but that's hardly the only parameter measuring overpopulation.
And I agree with Mitch, curing everyone of cancer wouldn't make the population spike to a significant degree.

The world will probably never be truly "over-populated." If everyone in the world lived like they do in Tokyo, then the entire world population could live in California and Nevada. We got plenty of room.

Bretts avatar Brett No Way +3Reply

The world isn't overpopulated. Not yet anyways, and probably not any time in the near future.

@duckshirt The world isn't overpopulated. Not yet anyways, and probably not any time in the near future.

Most scientists believe that we hit that mark a while ago. Pretty soon, something will lower our population(disease, disaster). You learn this in science very thouroughly. Go google it or something because we ARE overpopulated. No doubt about it.

emilysoccer2s avatar emilysoccer2 Yeah You Are 0Reply

People always think the only way to solve overpopulation is killing people. But you can just put a rubber on it!

who the hell fucking cares. i, as the sister of a six year old with an inoperable brain tumor, do not.

@chickensarecool01 who the hell fucking cares. i, as the sister of a six year old with an inoperable brain tumor, do not.

Oh my God! That's so sad! :(

My grandfather just died of cancer two days ago. I wish they did have a cure.

@chickensarecool01 who the hell fucking cares. i, as the sister of a six year old with an inoperable brain tumor, do not.

That's really sad, I hope she gets better. I have had multiple close family members die of cancer also. And notice that I put "It wouldn't be bad if we found the cure to cancer..." at the start of my post.

People die either way.

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That's the number of cancer patients in 2010 (assuming a few things, of course) worldwide. Dead or alive, that isn't very many people, let alone enough to significantly influence overpopulation on a global scale. If every one of those people died at once, it would take less than half of a year for the population to return to the previous level.

@Mitch 33 939 682.1 That's the number of cancer patients in 2010 (assuming a few things, of course) worldwide. Dead or...

But remember, people across the world are dying for other reasons too. Plus, if everyone with cancer died at once, thats a few million less kids those guys could have in the coming years

Rosss avatar Ross Yeah You Are 0Reply
@Ross But remember, people across the world are dying for other reasons too. Plus, if everyone with cancer died at once...

And yet 2009's natural increase in population was a net 82,866,000. That figure has all deaths included. The population wouldn't be lowered for long.

I think the word cancer should be changed to AIDS and then I'll agree.

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