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DarthDem

(5,255 posts)

1. Well . . . .

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 04:48 PM

Jun 2014

"Some versions of this widely circulating rumor claim that 75 percent of all people ever born are currently alive."

Oops? I'm actually pretty sure that no such rumor is in wide circulation, unless this article came from ReincarnationAmerican.

But hey, who knows? Something to hope for, maybe?

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Is it true that there are more people alive today than have died in all of human history? [View all] Douglas Carpenter Jun 2014 OP

Well . . . . DarthDem Jun 2014 #1

Studies show that 40% of all statistics are made up on the spot Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #3

Wrong! Wounded Bear Jun 2014 #5

Studies show you may be right Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #6

Well, people have said that it was so... Wounded Bear Jun 2014 #7

Studies show that studies show. nt Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #8

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Jun 2014 #2

I wrote a screenplay recently that dealt with this. byronius Jun 2014 #4