Is the proof constructive, and tell us who they're going to fight? More generally, does it offer an effective algorithm to discourage the human race from constantly turning every scientific advance into an agent of misery? WFL On 11/6/15, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
The excess male Chinese are called "Chinese Remainders", and the fact that this leads to war is called the "Chinese Remainder Theorem". ;-)
At 12:56 PM 11/6/2015, Henry Baker wrote:
"It's estimated that by 2020, China will have 24 million more men than women of marriageable age on the mainland"
http://english.cri.cn/7146/2013/02/26/2702s750680.htm
Of course, artificially high sex ratios like this in human history are always resolved the same way: war. The young men kill one other until the problem has resolved itself.
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