Don Ashley (dashley at TENET.EDU) wrote:
: 1000 year pre-puberty. That is an original population management idea for
: this thread.
: Hope you don't mind if we publish it on hard copy. Perhaps you have more
: ideas on parenting.
: Thanks for your contributions. Keep them flowing.
: >
: >
: > On Thu, 16 Feb 1995, Robert Luly wrote:
: >
: > > I have a simple computer program that I got from somewhere that allows
: > > you to vary different peramiters and see the effect on a breeding
: > > population.
: > > An interesting thing you can do is delay the age of PUBERTY and see its
: > > effect over 1000 years. If you go too far the species goes EXTINCT.
: > > Could this be a "harmless birth control???
New for the newsgroup perhaps, but contained in the plot of one of the
original Star Treks; I believe the episode was called `Mira'. I'd check
the screenplay author, but my vids are in the states :-)
rob.
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