[at-l] Playing with numbers <Extremely Off Topic>

[jbryankramer at msn.com (J Bryan Kramer)]

Huh? I never brought up Africa, that was someone else.

Bryan

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>
> There was a question regarding the source of Bryan's comments
> about relative
> sizes of wilderness.
>
> Recall: Bryan compared North America with Africa, even though he
> confused the
> issue by referring to "America", which was a common 19th Century
> usage of those
> who believed that the natural course of things was for the USA to
> have dominion
> over the entire North American continent (Emminent Destiny).
>
> I do not doubt his numbers, once you consider the expanse of
> empty wilderness
> extending from about 80 miles north of the US/Canadian border, Alaska, the
> Rockies, Western deserts, the Mexican deserts and Central American rain
> forests. Toss in Greenland and the other Artic islands, and I am sure the
> percentage is reasonable. Africa has been populated a bit longer,
> with even the
> Sahara and dense jungles harboring a number of peoples.
>
> As Mark Twain noted, there are Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics.
>
> Bryan was only playing with Statistics.
>
> OrangeBug
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