Did Thanos solve overpopulation?
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Did Thanos solve overpopulation?
So in trying to oversimplify the issue as ‘overpopulation’, Thanos did make one mistake. Snapping his fingers seemed to erase one in every two people at random. While such indiscriminate elimination means that everyone has an equal chance of being dusted, being ‘fair’ would work against his aim of reducing suffering.
How would you solve the problem of overpopulation?
5 possible solutions to overpopulation
- Empower women. Studies show that women with access to reproductive health services find it easier to break out of poverty, while those who work are more likely to use birth control.
- Promote family planning.
- Make education entertaining.
- Government incentives.
- 5) One-child legislation.
Why did Thanos want to wipe half the population?
Many years prior to the film his planet was experiencing a cataclysmic shift. They were running out of resources, and they were overpopulated. Thanos made a recommendation that they exterminate half the population randomly in order to save the rest of the population.
Is Thanos right that wiping out half the population would be better?
As seen in Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos thinks the solution is simply to wipe-out half the population. This fictional scenario is obviously wrong from a moral perspective, which is why Earth’s mightiest heroes try to stop him. But is Thanos actually right about the potential outcome, that reducing numbers would be better in the long run?
Why does Thanos want to ‘save’ the universe?
In Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos explains that his home world of Titan faced similar problems, leading to a global catastrophe, which is why he feels compelled to ‘save’ the cosmos from the same fate — by reducing its population.
Is overpopulation a real problem?
Current overpopulation might also be a temporary concern. Although population growth hasn’t stopped, it has slowed significantly, and some projections predict the stats will plateau, or peak then decline, at about 11 billion around 2100.
How can we stop overpopulation from increasing?
Thanks to better sanitation, medicine and healthcare, the global rate of deaths hasn’t decreased for hundreds of years, so it’s unlikely that overpopulation would be slowed by higher mortality. The other route to preventing population growth is lower fertility.