Makes you think

Chip · 12-11-2007, 11:45 PM

Now here is something thought provoking!

If Earth's population was shrunk into a village of just 100 people with all the human ratios existing in the world still remaining- what would this tiny, diverse village look like? That's exactaly what Phillip M. Harter, a medical doctor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, attempted to figure out. This is what he found.

57 would be Asian
21 would be European
14 would be from the Western Hemisphere
8 would be African
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be nonwhite
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
6 people would possess 59 percent of the entire world's
wealth and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death
1 would be pregnant
1 would have a college education
1 would own a computer

Think of it this way. If you live in a good home, have plenty to eat and can read, you are a member of a very select group. And if you have a good house, food, can read and have a computer, you are among the very elite.

g hall · 14-11-2007, 06:11 PM

Don't encourage free thought the Plod will be around shortly

Phil Sheldon · 14-11-2007, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chip

Now here is something thought provoking!

If Earth's population was shrunk into a village of just 100 people with all the human ratios existing in the world still remaining- what would this tiny, diverse village look like? That's exactaly what Phillip M. Harter, a medical doctor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, attempted to figure out. This is what he found.

57 would be Asian
21 would be European
14 would be from the Western Hemisphere
8 would be African
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be nonwhite
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
6 people would possess 59 percent of the entire world's
wealth and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death
1 would be pregnant
1 would have a college education
1 would own a computer

Think of it this way. If you live in a good home, have plenty to eat and can read, you are a member of a very select group. And if you have a good house, food, can read and have a computer, you are among the very elite.

Interesting exercise but flawed maths. 21 Europeans + 30 Whites= Same ethnicity
8 Africans + 70 Non white=Same ethnicity.(Unless a % of Asians were Orientals)

Does'nt go out much our Mr.Harter does he?

Chip · 15-11-2007, 12:29 AM

I think he is right on the maths as the fig is per 100 not in total.Could be wrong, its late at night.

Alex McKee · 15-11-2007, 07:09 AM

It's based on geography, not ethinicity. Not all Europeans (people born and living in Europe) are white. Some of the white people will be American or Argentinian, or South African, or Australian, etc.

John Carter · 15-11-2007, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chip

If Earth's population was shrunk into a village of just 100 people with all the human ratios existing in the world still remaining- what would this tiny, diverse village look like? That's exactaly what Phillip M. Harter, a medical doctor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, attempted to figure out. This is what he found.

57 would be Asian
21 would be European
14 would be from the Western Hemisphere
8 would be African
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be nonwhite
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
6 people would possess 59 percent of the entire world's
wealth and all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death
1 would be pregnant
1 would have a college education
1 would own a computer

Think of it this way. If you live in a good home, have plenty to eat and can read, you are a member of a very select group. And if you have a good house, food, can read and have a computer, you are among the very elite.

This is generic leftie BS, designed to make your heart bleed. It's been doing the rounds for years.

Note the anti-Americanism involved (even though the fact about the World's wealth is wrong). Note the way it's negatively framed that 70 people are non-Christian, rather than actually telling us what their religions are (usual anti-Christian leftist BS there). Same with "nonwhite". And what's "substandard housing"? Who defined that?

It also fails to comprehend cultural expectations. You live in a mud hut on the plains of Africa with everyone else who lives in a mud hut, you're going to find it quite easy to get a girl, get married, have kids. You live in a mud hut on the plains of Norfolk and you're not going to get any nookie ever - in fact, you're going to have plod moving you on.

Oh, and gayness runs at more like 2-3%, not 11%.

12-11-2007, 11:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chip Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North West UK Posts: 598	Makes you think Now here is something thought provoking! If Earth's population was shrunk into a village of just 100 people with all the human ratios existing in the world still remaining- what would this tiny, diverse village look like? That's exactaly what Phillip M. Harter, a medical doctor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, attempted to figure out. This is what he found. 57 would be Asian 21 would be European 14 would be from the Western Hemisphere 8 would be African 52 would be female 48 would be male 70 would be nonwhite 30 would be white 70 would be non-Christian 30 would be Christian 89 would be heterosexual 11 would be homosexual 6 people would possess 59 percent of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States 80 would live in substandard housing 70 would be unable to read 50 would suffer from malnutrition 1 would be near death 1 would be pregnant 1 would have a college education 1 would own a computer Think of it this way. If you live in a good home, have plenty to eat and can read, you are a member of a very select group. And if you have a good house, food, can read and have a computer, you are among the very elite.

14-11-2007, 06:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
g hall Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: erewhon Posts: 5,638	Don't encourage free thought the Plod will be around shortly __________________ "That government is best which governs least." "This is a sharp Medicine, but it is a Physician for all diseases and miseries". "To be "matter of fact" about the world is to blunder into fantasy --and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful." TANSTAAFL TANJ

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15-11-2007, 12:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
Chip Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North West UK Posts: 598	I think he is right on the maths as the fig is per 100 not in total.Could be wrong, its late at night.

15-11-2007, 07:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
Alex McKee Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gloucester Posts: 6,666	It's based on geography, not ethinicity. Not all Europeans (people born and living in Europe) are white. Some of the white people will be American or Argentinian, or South African, or Australian, etc.