Religions and babies - Hans Rosling

[@cuteologist82]

Whats great about this is it takes religion out of the discussion and makes it easier to look at it as a worldwide problem not an Islamic or Christian problem

[@LL-gc4cd]

He makes good and factual points, but we have to remember he's saying that we'll hit a 10 billion ceiling only if poverty is resolved and women's education/ access to family planning is increased + he says he leaves out increases to life expectancy. The first two factors are ever slow going and life expectancy is growing abeit slowly as well.

[@1L0STB0Y]

how awesome is this guy

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

They can laugh all they want but religion and sexuality don't necessarily have to be in conflict.

[@kman_34]

Hans Rosling always has the intriguing ted talkd

[@anagh04]

The change of population proportion of different religions in the same country has been ignored. One whole country has been assumed to have a single religion which has led to generalization and hence the conclusion that religions and babies are not correlated.

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

My one criticism is that this video didn't take into account secularisation (not that I blame it because it is somewhat difficult to measure). If what you're discussing is the societal impact of religion, then many Western European countries are, in effect, over 50% non-religious. For example, in the UK a The Tearfund Survey in 2007 found that only 7% of the population considered themselves as practising Christians. 10% attend church weekly and two-thirds had not gone to church in the past year. And the UK is far from the most secular country in Europe.

[@probablechoices]

Fascinating, great post!

[@andresantosid]

Excellent talk!

[@azerim2039]

11:38 5 years before his death

[@JustTheHighlights]

Excellent talk.

[@nguyenthao-lr8xx]

He inspires me to achieve factfulness

[@edgargutierrez9434]

Some talks are worth the repost.

[@AtheistPharaoh]

He fucking nailed it :D