In the subhead of its obituary of the world’s most celebrated doomsayer Paul Ehrlich, The New York Times referred to his predictions as “premature.” Oy, Gevalt! So, like, maybe he was actually just a bit ahead of his time? No, actually the butterfly specialist became both rich and famous by scaring the pants and skirts off the public despite being correct less often than the proverbial stopped clock. Consider such assertions as:
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