Environmental Crisis

The basic premise of this model is that "more is better", meaning that more people inhabiting the planet will directly lead to an improved living environment for them all. More people will provide more intellect, hence more inventions and scientific break-throughs, which will by far outweigh any negative consequences of the sheer number of people in apparent competition with each other.

Even if I shared Mr. Simon’s position on the outlook of future population growth, I do not think that he presents a scientifically sound argument to support his view. The most notable flaws of his already weak argument are:

In spite of the fact that he presents quotes and statistical data from other mentioned ...