Tuesday, June 22, 2004

What's one minority group every one of us today all over the world belongs to

What's one minority group every one of us today all over the world belongs to?

A: We're the living, some 6 billion strong, and growing by about 200,000 daily -- the "population explosion." But it is not true that half of all people who ever lived are alive today, as has been said. Various estimates put the total of ever-lived humans from 60 billion to 120 billion since humans evolved, meaning there are some 10 to 20 dead souls out there somewhere (dust? spirit?) for every living person.

Strange but true