In light of new data showing China's population shrinking for the second year running, a Shanghai-based think tank has drastically changed its 2100 forecast.
A projection 75 years in the future? Yeah, that’s almost certainly bullshit. Short term predictions already have optimistic and pessimistic paths based on how we as a society react because this isn’t just a physics problem, it’s heavily reliant on culture and policy and technological advancement. And birth rates are even more reliant on culture and policy.
Do you deny climate change on the same basis?
A projection 75 years in the future? Yeah, that’s almost certainly bullshit. Short term predictions already have optimistic and pessimistic paths based on how we as a society react because this isn’t just a physics problem, it’s heavily reliant on culture and policy and technological advancement. And birth rates are even more reliant on culture and policy.