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By Nina Johnson, published 12/6/2014If people are hungry for spiritual fulfilment at writers festivals, then they'll end up starving.
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Posted by Pericles, Friday, 20 June 2014 9:07:43 AM
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1. You propose that there is no mathematical growth model that adequately explains 40,000 years of Aboriginal presence here.
2. I propose that there is no mathematical growth model that adequately explains 6,018 years of human presence on the planet.
3. You then ask me to propose a mathematical model that does in fact fulfill both equations' requirements.
The answer is that there is none that is as simplistic as i) take a starting number, ii) take a growth figure then iii) multiply.
The reason being, of course, that populations both grow and die. If you genuinely would like to understand the mathematical models that illustrate this - which, somehow, I doubt - Google "Conway's Game of Life". There you will see how with a given set of survival parameters, and their concomitant threats, populations grow and recede.
Enjoy.