Population Doomster and False Prophet of Ecological Apocalypse Paul Ehrlich Has Died

03/16/2026 Notes in the Margin

Paul Ehrlich, the leading false prophet of inevitable environmental doom and author of the infamous The Population Bomb, has died at age 93.

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