Topic: Frank Fenner

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Psych!
Episode 732 1:20:42 - 1:24:04

732: Psych!

Sixth Mass Extinction, Paul Ehrlich, Frank Fenner

A new study led by Paul Ehrlich of the Stanford Woods Institute claims the Earth has entered its sixth mass extinction event, which could threaten human existence. The hosts compare this to the predictions of the late Australian scientist Frank Fenner, who claimed humans would be extinct within 100 years. They express skepticism toward these "doomsday" narratives, linking them to long-standing overpopulation theories from the 1970s.