[NYer]

In fact, underpopulation, not overpopulation, is the real threat that much of the world faces today. Some 80 countries representing over half the world’s population suffer from below replacement fertility — defined as less than 2.1 children per woman.

Ping!

[wolfcreek]

It seem like just yesterday we were at 6 billion.

My how time flies and people procreate.

[Venturer]

Oh Yeah, out of seven billion people in the world and hundreds being born on this day they can pick this one and say she is number seven billion.

BS.

[TigersEye]

I demand a recount!

[jimt]

We don’t need population control, we need bastard control. We need parents who support their children without picking the pockets of others to support their families.

[WL-law]

From the article:

“This is Baby Seven Billion. Today, 31 October 2011, is her birthday.”

Reality - the UN has a “Model”, not unlike their climate models, that predicts population growth. And that ‘model’, quite a while ago, picked today as “the day” for person # 7 billion to be born. And hence the publicity was also planned for today, the news story, etc.

So — we don’t really know if that model is accurate. What’s amazing to me is that nobody in the press ever seems to question the important difference between a model versus reality. Namely, the press cooperated with the UN and diligently reported this as a real event.

But— in a crucial sense, it’s NOT real, and there are no hard facts supporting their publicit stunt. The UN is just extrapolating a presumed rate of growth, which is probably/likely exaggerated.