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The population problem has no technical solution it requires a fundamental extension in morality.
Garrett Hardin
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Garrett Hardin
Age: 88 †
Born: 1915
Born: April 21
Died: 2003
Died: September 14
Biologist
Demographer
Ecologist
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University Teacher
Dallas
Texas
Garrett James Hardin
Garrett J. Hardin
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