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Post by Zyobot on Nov 1, 2019 15:49:20 GMT
'Given Presidential Candidate Gets 90% Of Popular Vote'. I'd consider this frivolous since ninety percent is overtly high, especially since no one in recent history has broken LBJ's 61.1% popular-vote victory in 1964. As such, winning about 60% should be curb-stomping enough.
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Post by Zyobot on Nov 2, 2019 17:36:25 GMT
‘Stagnant Population From 1900 To 2000’. It’d be replenished to its turn-of-the-century maximum if wars and other disasters ensued, of course, but would never go beyond that maximum until 2000 rolls around.
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Post by stevep on Nov 3, 2019 11:06:09 GMT
‘ Stagnant Population From 1900 To 2000’. It’d be replenished to its turn-of-the-century maximum if wars and other disasters ensued, of course, but would never go beyond that maximum until 2000 rolls around.
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What do you mean by stagnant population? There are likely, especially in the west, to have some problems with diseases from the 1900 population brought in and there will be a lot of clashes over culture and ownership of land and other resources. In most cases, especially in the 3rd world the 1900 populations are a hell of a lot lower than the 2000 ones so their likely to be overwhelmed in terms of any difference in values. Going to suck being a western civil servant operating for a colonial government across much of the world or probably a Czarist official in much of modern Russia as well.
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Post by Zyobot on Nov 3, 2019 12:58:45 GMT
‘ Stagnant Population From 1900 To 2000’. It’d be replenished to its turn-of-the-century maximum if wars and other disasters ensued, of course, but would never go beyond that maximum until 2000 rolls around.
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What do you mean by stagnant population? There are likely, especially in the west, to have some problems with diseases from the 1900 population brought in and there will be a lot of clashes over culture and ownership of land and other resources. In most cases, especially in the 3rd world the 1900 populations are a hell of a lot lower than the 2000 ones so their likely to be overwhelmed in terms of any difference in values. Going to suck being a western civil servant operating for a colonial government across much of the world or probably a Czarist official in much of modern Russia as well.
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Ah; I guess I wasn’t completely clear the first time. What I meant was that from 1900 to 2000, the world population (possibly its distribution as well) remains consistent at about 1.6 billion. For every death that happens, there’s precisely one birth to compensate for their loss—no more, no less. As such, anyone who passes away still gets replaced by someone new, whatever the cause of death. It won’t be until the year 2000 rolls around that population growth resumes and can rise beyond a stagnant 1.6 billion, though. |
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Post by stevep on Nov 3, 2019 20:24:51 GMT
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What do you mean by stagnant population? There are likely, especially in the west, to have some problems with diseases from the 1900 population brought in and there will be a lot of clashes over culture and ownership of land and other resources. In most cases, especially in the 3rd world the 1900 populations are a hell of a lot lower than the 2000 ones so their likely to be overwhelmed in terms of any difference in values. Going to suck being a western civil servant operating for a colonial government across much of the world or probably a Czarist official in much of modern Russia as well.
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Ah; I guess I wasn’t completely clear the first time. What I meant was that from 1900 to 2000, the world population (possibly its distribution as well) remains consistent at about 1.6 billion. For every death that happens, there’s precisely one birth to compensate for their loss—no more, no less. As such, anyone who passes away still gets replaced by someone new, whatever the cause of death. It won’t be until the year 2000 rolls around that population growth resumes and can rise beyond a stagnant 1.6 billion, though.
Ah with you now. Its going to have a big impact on world development with the population stalling like that. Could help a lot in terms of higher standards of living for most areas. With lower population growth in the 3rd world then you might see a delayed decolonisation.
If new lives come in for the same states/regions where people die then the world is definitely going to be dominated by the west and especially Europe longer and eastern Europe/Russia are going to have a considerably greater population compared to OTL as the mass deaths of the Russian civil war, Soviet rule and WWII are going to be balanced out by new births. China will also see some counter to its OTL 37-45 death toll but then won't have the OTL massive post-war expansion.
If new lives are distributed then it depends on how this happens. One alternative is that they vary to seek to fit the demographic changes of OTL in which case the western world will see a fairly dramatic decline in its population compared to most of the rest of the world.
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Post by Zyobot on Nov 4, 2019 13:39:17 GMT
‘NASA Detects Ruins On Mars’.
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Post by lordroel on Nov 4, 2019 13:57:41 GMT
‘NASA Detects Ruins On Mars’. What year do they detect ruins. |
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Post by Zyobot on Nov 4, 2019 14:00:12 GMT
‘NASA Detects Ruins On Mars’. What year do they detect ruins. Eh, 2000, I guess? |
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Post by lordroel on Nov 4, 2019 14:04:10 GMT
What year do they detect ruins. Eh, 2000, I guess? So a strong Martian storm exposes ancient ruins, NASA budget skyrockets. |
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Post by Zyobot on Nov 4, 2019 14:43:15 GMT
So a strong Martian storm exposes ancient ruins, NASA budget skyrockets. Indeed. Because there’s strong evidence for life having existed on Mars (even if it no longer presides now), NASA will probably try to bring samples back to Earth for further analysis. What they’d find from pieces of alien writing that they can’t immediately decode, I don’t know. Fragments of Martian technology, however, ought to generate quite the thrill—both within the scientific community, and the general public at large. |
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Post by lordroel on Nov 4, 2019 14:48:10 GMT
So a strong Martian storm exposes ancient ruins, NASA budget skyrockets. Indeed. Because there’s strong evidence for life having existed on Mars (even if it no longer presides now), NASA will probably try to bring samples back to Earth for further analysis. What they’d find from pieces of alien writing that they can’t immediately decode, I don’t know. Fragments of Martian technology, however, ought to generate quite the thrill—both within the scientific community, and the general public at large. We are going to see Spirit and Opportunity being send to the ruins, and expect more as well from other space agency's like ESA, CNSA,JAXA and Roscosmos. |
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Post by Zyobot on Nov 4, 2019 14:53:42 GMT
Indeed. Because there’s strong evidence for life having existed on Mars (even if it no longer presides now), NASA will probably try to bring samples back to Earth for further analysis. What they’d find from pieces of alien writing that they can’t immediately decode, I don’t know. Fragments of Martian technology, however, ought to generate quite the thrill—both within the scientific community, and the general public at large. We are going to see Spirit and Opportunity being send to the ruins, and expect more as well from other space agency's like ESA, CNSA,JAXA and Roscosmos. International competition, eh? How unsurprising. So long as we’re on the subject, though, what about private space companies, could they take off earlier than IOTL? |
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Post by lordroel on Nov 4, 2019 14:56:51 GMT
We are going to see Spirit and Opportunity being send to the ruins, and expect more as well from other space agency's like ESA, CNSA,JAXA and Roscosmos. International competition, eh? How unsurprising. So long as we’re on the subject, though, what about private space companies, could they take off earlier than IOTL? Not in 2000, think it will be governments agency's mostly. |
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Post by Zyobot on Nov 4, 2019 15:13:00 GMT
International competition, eh? How unsurprising. So long as we’re on the subject, though, what about private space companies, could they take off earlier than IOTL? Not in 2000, think it will be governments agency's mostly. Alright, then. Could private space companies at least arise earlier because of the Martian ruins discovery? |
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Post by lordroel on Nov 4, 2019 15:15:41 GMT
Not in 2000, think it will be governments agency's mostly. Alright, then. Could private space companies at least arise earlier because of the Martian ruins discovery? Depends, first what will they gain, second, will the major powers allow private companies to go to Mars now. |
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