MINDTAP Aplia Homework Due on Feb 2 at 6 PM MST Back to Assi

MINDTAP Aplia Homework Due on Feb 2 at 6 PM MST Back to Assignment Attempts: 7. Kremer vs. Malthus It\'s the year 2525, and an asteroid Score: /1 is on a collision course with Earth, forcing humanity to abandon the planet. There are two options for continuing human life: 1. One large spaceship that wll take all of humanity to a relatively large planet. 2. Two smaller spaceships that will take half of humanity to each of two smaller planets. There are only enough resources to build either the two small spaceships, neither of which can reach the larger planet, or the large spaceship-which cannot go to both the large planet and another planet. The situation has generated a lot of debate, with people rereading Kremer and Malthus, among others, for insight about which option is better. Two key considerations in the debate have emerged: . The two smaller planets are too far from each other to effectively communicate. . The combined agricultural land of the two smaller planets is the same as the amount of agricultural land on the large planet.

Solution

Kremer\'s idea is \"as the population increases the new ideas and technology will increase with the people\".

As per this idea, the first and the second options are ruled out. As per Kremer\'s idea communication is important for the humankind to invent new technology. As per the first option, the two small planets will not be able to communicate with each other.

The second option is that the two small planets have the same amount of agricultural land as compared to one large planet. Then as per Kremer\'s idea, there should be no incentive to divide the population. If we are dividing the population into two planets we are also dividing the incentive to invent new technology which comes with high population. So, the third option is also wrong.

The correct answer to this question is \"D\". Neither option would be clearly better than or clearly equal to the other without more information.