September 30, 2025 – William M. Briggs

The Main Barrier To Reproduction Is Ideas

According to Thomas Malthus (in later editions of On Population), the barriers to reproduction in man are three: misery, vice, and prudence. By misery he meant war, famine and pestilence.…

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