[ExI] My prediction

[Adrian Tymes]

On Wed, Jan 7, 2026, 4:13 PM John Clark via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
>
> *I think there should be a constitutional amendment that says a state must
> contain at least 5% of the total population of the country*
>

There are 50 states.  If all of the US population was distributed evenly
(and only) to them, that would be 2% each.

Did you perhaps mean to suggest that each state should have at least 0.5%,
and no more than 5%, of the US's population?  Or did you mean to suggest
there should be less than 20 states (given that some people live outside a
state, so there's no way that 20 can get at least 5% each)?

*> You agree it is a good thing to protect minorities, ja?*
>>
>
> *No I do not! I think minority ideas should be vigorously protected, but I
> don't think black people should be protected more than white people*
>

I think this is a good example of how that was not an absolute yes-or-no
question, even if it was phrased as such.
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