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We were supposed to see massive starvation by the year 2000, which never arrived
That was actually a pretty good prediction. They just didn't account for one genius who revolutionized farming.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug
At this point it's probably fair to credit Norman Borlaug with saving billions of lives.
It was not a good prediction. If did not come true.
Interesting. Never heard of that one before. Who predicted that?
Every time you hear some edgelord on the internet suggest we exterminate all the world's poor people to "solve" climate change, always remember that Thomas Malthus was wrong:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusianism
Anyone saying that seriously should be the change they wish to see in the world and off themselves, they won't save the world but it will surely be better than before
On the other hand if we start exterminating the richest people of the planet I'm sure we will quickly solve climate change.
I suggest we exterminate the 1% richest every 6 months until climate change is solved.
Make that every month and I'll sign up.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green
I thought that Nostradamus predicted that in the year 2000 a cute girl would destroy the planet 💥🌍