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Ruling out every measurable cause because none explains all the variation, and putting an unmeasured one in their place, is not an explanation.

Drawn from what Lyman Stone said

Subjectdemographics
What this subject means

demographics Who there will be: birth rates, population decline, and what a shrinking cohort does to everything downstream.

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A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

What Lyman Stone actually said

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  1. Lyman Stone

    Demographer

    He ruled out all the actual, measurable variables because they were an imperfect explanation, and instead offers a vague, diffuse variable, for which he has no measure, and which is not actually included in his model.

    Where this was said

    ↗We Actually Know A Lot About Fertility Declinelymanstone.substack.com

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