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Sean Faircloth:
Attack of the Theocrats!
this is a myth.The ancient Greeks actually got a reasonable number for its circumference. All educated people knew hte world was round. The problem people had with Columbus is he had a crap value for the earth's circumference. Until his dieing day Columbus believed he'd been to the East Indies.
msot Americans came from Europe. How come there are still Europeans? We all descended from African people how come there are still Africans? My mother is the grandmother of my niece, how come my mother still exists?
Another answer is that we occupy different ecological and geographic niches therefore we are not in direct competition. As human population expands we do come into conflict with other great apes. And they are not doing well. In 30 years your question may become meaningless as there may not be any other great apes.
Pascal's wager without the elegance and clarity of language
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