Chapter
The Falsifiability of Resource Crises
28:06 - 34:09 (06:02)
Peterson discusses how Malthusians make claims about resource scarcity without specifying a time frame, while philosopher Marian Toopey's falsifiable claims about resource abundance have proved accurate over time.
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Marian Toopey and his co-author's analysis of the historical data on the relationship between population expansion and abundance show that Malthusians' predictions of resource crunch in the future are unfalsifiable and therefore invalid.
28:06 - 34:09 (06:02)
Malthusians
Summary
Marian Toopey and his co-author's analysis of the historical data on the relationship between population expansion and abundance show that Malthusians' predictions of resource crunch in the future are unfalsifiable and therefore invalid.