Haha, thank you! Calhoun's study is unnerving to say the least, but overpopulation in nature is typically regulated by factors like resource scarcity, disease, etc. Which were mostly controlled for in the experiment. The closest human comparison was Kowloon, which had a high population density and infant mortality rate, but people could leave the city and demographic reports are questionable. Avoid Calhoun's Utopia!
Haha, thank you! Calhoun's study is unnerving to say the least, but overpopulation in nature is typically regulated by factors like resource scarcity, disease, etc. Which were mostly controlled for in the experiment. The closest human comparison was Kowloon, which had a high population density and infant mortality rate, but people could leave the city and demographic reports are questionable. Avoid Calhoun's Utopia!