Comments by "p11" (@porky1118) on "Overpopulation and the Mouse Metaverse (Not Related! REUPLOAD)" video.
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13:45 "food production is additive"
What does this even mean? Does this make sense at all?
That's not just not a simplification of how the world works. This doesn't tell me anything about the world?
Am I just stupid? Is his explanation more accurate than the explanation in this video, so I can't understand it without context?
There are multiple factors you could take into account for food production:
1. better technology, more food
2. more humans, more work, more food
3. more land, more food
Another thing, that could be taken into account, is, that less food might be needed:
1. better technology, healthier food, less food needed
2. evolution/genetic modification, less food needed
3. intelligence/awareness about health, less food needed
I think, I get it now. If there are N humans, there will be N * X humans in the next generation.
If there is N food now, there will be N + X food in the next year.
So food does not depend on the currently existing food, while human reproduction does.
That's not true in both cases. Both, food (plants/animals) work the same as humans. You can only create more food, if you already have some food.
And if you have more food, you will have more seeds and can plant more food.
But both humans and food will slowly stop reproducing when there is not enough space or food for them.
So it both cases, it's a more complicated function, probably containing the N as a factor.
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