Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cadovax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cadovax!keithd From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: Creation/Evolution Issue #XIV Message-ID: <320@cadovax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 14:16:00 EST Article-I.D.: cadovax.320 Posted: Tue Dec 4 14:16:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 02:17:45 EST References: <851@utastro.UUCP>, <153@talcott.UUCP> Organization: Contel Cado, Torrance, CA Lines: 18 >Let's see... The current world population is ~4 billion, which is close to >2^32. The world population currently doubles every 47 years. >Extrapolating backwards, we get that there were only two people on earth >31*47=1464 years ago. Thus the human race was created circa 500 A.D. >So much for extrapolations. > Greg Kuperberg On the contrary! I think we should consider this as hard evidence that God waved his wand in 500 A.D., *poof*, and we should attempt to adjust our theories to fit. Keith Doyle {ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!keithd "You'll PAY to know what you REALLY think!" P.S. :-) * .5