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

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  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.

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