Originally Posted by Overyourhead (Post 845222)

*note* Zero Population is a contravertial theory that a man and a woman should have no more than 1 kid as to not increase the population.

Originally Posted by Overyourhead (Post 845222)

This is an assignment that I need to do for my Sociology class in College. You can only save 7 people. Who would you save.



A severe storm has crippled a small ship, the S.S. Guppy, and the only remaining lifeboat has room for only seven people. You have no hope of reaching civilization, but there's a fairly good chance that you can make it to one of many small, uncharted, and unpopulated islands in the area. You may have to remain on such an island for years. Your task is to choose which seven people should be allowed on the lifeboat, and hence, be allowed to survive.


1.Dr. Dane: thirty-seven, Ph.D. in history, college professor, in good health (jogs daily), hobby is botany, enjoys politics, married with one child (Bobby).

2. Mrs. Dane: thirty-eight, rather obese, diabetic, M.A. in psychology, counselor in a mental health clinic, married to Dr. Dane, has one child.

3.Bobby: ten, mentally delayed with IQ of 70.

4.Mrs. Victor: twenty-three, ninth-grade education, **bleep**tail waitress, worked as a prostitute, married at age sixteen, divorced at age eighteen.

5.Jean Garcia: three months old, healthy.

6. Mary Evans: eighteen, trade school education, wears glasses, artistic.

7.Mr. Newton: twenty-five year old homosexual starting last year of medical school, , music as a hobby, physical fitness nut.

8.Mrs. Clark: twenty-eight, daughter of a minister, college graduate, electronics engineer, single now after a brief marriage, member of Zero Population.

9.Mr. Blake: fifty-one, B.S. in mechanics, married with four children, enjoys outdoors, much experience in construction, quite handy, sympathizes with anti-black views.

10. Father Frans: thirty-seven, Catholic, priest, active in civil rights, former college athlete, farming background, often criticized for liberal views.

11. Dr. Gonzales: sixty-six, doctor in general practice, two heart attacks in the past five years, loves literature and quotes extensively.


*note* Zero Population is a contravertial theory that a man and a woman should have no more than 1 kid as to not increase the population.


I chose to save 1,3,6,7,8,9,10.


I'm actually a little more interested in why you chose not to save people.

Originally Posted by vivek16 (Post 845890)

Call me harsh but i had a hard time getting seven.
1,4,6,7,8,9,10 are my choices. All are fit and (with the exception of 7), able to reproduce.

2 would die because of the diabetes
3 would be a burden
5 would die because of a lack of a food source
11 would die quickly

-Vivek

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo (Post 845860)

Actually ZPG is not a theory, it is a proposal or social aim (and an old one at that) that each couple have not more than TWO children to maintain the population at a stable level. Two people being replaced by one is negative population growth...

Originally Posted by ScottOliveira (Post 845984)

Actually, every couple having 2 children would also result in negative population growth, because not every child goes on to have their own children. You need something like 2.1 children/couple to maintain a constant population level.
That being said, I believe you are correct that the ZPG proposal has it at 2 children/couple.

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo (Post 845860)

Actually ZPG is not a theory, it is a proposal or social aim (and an old one at that) that each couple have not more than TWO children to maintain the population at a stable level. Two people being replaced by one is negative population growth...