lrossmusic Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following: There would be: 57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south 8 Africans 52 would be female 48 would be male 70 would be nonwhite 30 would be white 70 would be non-Christian 30 would be Christian 89 would be heterosexual 11 would be homosexual 6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States 80 would live in substandard housing 70 would be unable to read 50 would suffer from malnutrition 1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth 1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education 1 would own a computer When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent. The following is also something to ponder... If you woke up this morning with more health than illness...you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you are ahead of 500 million people in the world. If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death...you are more blessed than three billion people in the world. If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep...you are richer than 70% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace .. you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy. If your parents are still alive and still married ... you are very rare, even in the United States and Canada. If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all. (forwarded e-mail/unknown source) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 An excellent reality check, Mr. Ross! But, I want to know, how many Asian/Latino transgendered PhDs there would be living in substandard housing. I'm kidding, folks... All joking aside, it is an excellent reality check... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryst Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 www.myspace.com/apocrypha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel E. Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 I remember reading somewhere that as of 2000, 40% of the world's populace had never made a phone call. Not sure how accurate this is. "You never can vouch for your own consciousness." - Norman Mailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaeton Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death...you are more blessed than three billion people in the world. I thought the point of church was harrassment, arrest, torture or death.... Dr. Seuss: The Original White Rapper . WWND? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylver Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Yeah, I've seen this before. It's especially sobering at the end. I really don't know what to put here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Originally posted by Gabriel E.: I remember reading somewhere that as of 2000, 40% of the world's populace had never made a phone call. Not sure how accurate this is. Why not take a phone poll? Yep. Seen this years ago. I wonder if the stats are still accurate? It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 "80 would live in substandard housing"... Not to be a smartaleck, but how do you define "standard"? Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITGITC Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Originally posted by Botch.: Not to be a smartaleck... Pinch me, I must be dreaming. Did Botch just say something about him not being a smartaleck? "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." - Victor Hugo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblue1 Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 None of it is really surprising... and that highlights the shame of it. bookmark these: news.google.com | m-w dictionary | wikipedia encyclopedia | Columbia Encyclopedia TK Major / one blue nine | myspace.com/onebluenine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prague Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Originally posted by lrossmusic: ...89 would be heterosexual 11 would be homosexual ...That would correctly be: 98 heterosexual, 2 homosexual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Prague is right, homosexuals have never made up more than 1 to 3 percent of any population in any culture. That includes cultures that are tolerant/accepting of homosexuality. The article posted by lrossmusic (and a few variations) has been circulating around for years now and a lot of the other stats are off as well. World illiteracy is less than 20%, not 70%! The World Health organization says about a third of the world's population suffers to some degree from malnutrition... not 50%. Still too high a figure though. A lot more than 1 person would have a computer, and a college education. Nothing wrong with reminding ourselves, though, that we are indeed a very privileged minority in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Klopmeyer Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Originally posted by Lee Flier: Prague is right, homosexuals have never made up more than 1 to 3 percent of any population in any culture. That includes cultures that are tolerant/accepting of homosexuality.Not that I dispute this (I have no sources to reference), but why do I sometimes hear that 10% to as high as 15% is a possible figure? A lot more than 1 person would have a computer, and a college education.Let's see... rounding Earth's population to 6.4 billion people, if 1 in 100 had a computer, that would mean there are 64 million computers in use around the world, as well as 64 million people with college degrees. I wonder what the real numbers are? - Jeff Marketing Communications for MI/Pro Audio My solo music and stuff They Stole My Crayon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Originally posted by Jeff Da Weasel: Not that I dispute this (I have no sources to reference), but why do I sometimes hear that 10% to as high as 15% is a possible figure? This is a figure that gets tossed around mainly in the American gay community and has no real numbers to back it up. It's possible the figure is that high if you include bisexuals and/or straight people who've "experimented"... but every serious anthropological study of every culture around the world has come up with the 1 to 3% figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Originally posted by Lee Flier: homosexuals have never made up more than 1 to 3 percent of any population in any culture. Obviously, you've never been to Miami. I've upped my standards; now, up yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spokenward Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Originally posted by Lee Flier: Originally posted by Jeff Da Weasel: Not that I dispute this (I have no sources to reference), but why do I sometimes hear that 10% to as high as 15% is a possible figure? This is a figure that gets tossed around mainly in the American gay community and has no real numbers to back it up.That 10% number goes back to Kinsey at Indiana, ca 1948-1953. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Klopmeyer Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Ah... Kinsey's number makes more sense in context... Males: - 10% of males in the sample were predominantly homosexual between the ages of 16 and 55 - 8% of males were exlusively homosexual for at least three years between the ages of 16 and 55. (p. 651, Male) - 4% of white males had been exclusively homosexual after the onset of adolescence up to the time of their interviews, (p. 651, Male). Females: - 2 to 6% of females, aged 20-35, were more or less exclusively homosexual in experience/response, (p. 488, Female) - 1 to 3% of unmarried females aged 20-35 were exclusively homosexual in experience/response, (Table 142, p. 499, and p. 474, Female). - Jeff Marketing Communications for MI/Pro Audio My solo music and stuff They Stole My Crayon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Originally posted by Lee Flier: World illiteracy is less than 20%, not 70%! I was questioning that figure myself, illiteracy is virtually nonexistent in China, and that's 1.2 billion folks right there. Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrossmusic Posted May 10, 2005 Author Share Posted May 10, 2005 Trombone players - .000000000000000000000000001 % Trombone players with a gig tonight - .0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000015% ....and I should know because that's my primary instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunkman Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 ...every serious anthropological study of every culture around the world has come up with the 1 to 3% figure. I've maintained this point as well on other internet forums, and been met with foaming-at-the-mouth mobs toting torches & pitchforks. I've assumed that gay advocates who still use the inflated # knew, thanks to their vaunted "gay-dar," that 10% was high, but continued to use it for the "shock value," as well as a way to buoy the spirits of those among them who felt alone. "If more of us valued food, cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - J. R. R. Tolkien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan South Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Interesting statistics, Lincoln! Thanks for your thoughtful post! But what's even more fascinating to me is that this started out as a thread about global demographics and quickly morphed into a thread about homosexuality. What does THAT say about human beings? The Black Knight always triumphs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Klopmeyer Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Originally posted by Dan South: But what's even more fascinating to me is that this started out as a thread about global demographics and quickly morphed into a thread about homosexuality. What does THAT say about human beings?I blame Prague. For everything. - Jeff Marketing Communications for MI/Pro Audio My solo music and stuff They Stole My Crayon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoS Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Originally posted by lrossmusic: 89 would be heterosexual 11 would be homosexual 2 would be jerk-offs (maybe only 1 if the 89 includes Mormons) Enemy of Silence.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keysking Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 How many would be Australian? ... and i dont mean how many of the jerkoffs would be Australian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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