OOPS, we are sorry, our predictions did not pan out. Good that we didnt follow our own conclusions because life would have been so much worse and it was not necessary.
How many times do Freudians, physicists, socialists, economists, biologists, say "we are sorry, our predictions did not pan out."
I'm a Popperian. When the facts (best available science) changes, I change my opinions. Also known as "science".
Whatever their faults, the Malthusians made predictions. To be debated, validated, debunked. Far more useful than the techno utopian unverifiable views of the libertarian ostriches.
OOPS, we are sorry, our predictions did not pan out. Good that we didnt follow our own conclusions because life would have been so much worse and it was not necessary.