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The noise that made the gods send the flood is a euphemism for overpopulation, and a rather sophisticated Malthusian position.

Drawn from what Irving Finkel said

Subjectsdemographicsreligion
What these subjects mean

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

religion Faith as a thing a society runs on, and what has been tried in its place.

What Irving Finkel actually said

  1. Irving Finkel Assyriologist at the British Museum
    Before the flood, the gods had not created death. So I think the noise was a reflex of the fact there were just too many animals, too many people, and they had to do something about it.

    Where this was said

    Watch from 1:31:45 plays here

    ↗Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations, Noah’s Ark, and Flood Myths | Lex Fridman Podcast #487youtube.com

    12 Dec 2025 · video · 2h 05m · spoken · official transcript

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