Posted by GhostWhoWalks at 177.d.010.mel.iprimus.net.au on May 27, 2003 at 03:48:43:
In Reply to: They're already doing that! What will change it? posted by fluffy on May 27, 2003 at 03:09:34:
: ~~is that what you're asking?
What I mean is without time constraints all the trees would come back and people could stop having babies or whatever, but whats to stop man from just starting it up again and cutting all the trees back down and making lots of new babies?
Its in our nature, as mankind to breed and destroy. Its what we do best. The wishes would possibly expand our time on the planet, but time will catch up with us eventually and it'll be square one again.
Rewording the wishes so we can't cut down trees or they always instantly reappear or something might be better, and instead of just Zero population growth what about setting a number, like 500.000.000 people or something like that? Perahps a billion.
Sorry, just being semantic... but if we're going to have unlimited power granted through wishes, we might as well make them stick.
Heh.