The Prophet of Doom Goes to the Vatican

When I saw the stories the Paul Ehrlich had attended a recent Vatican science conference, I was astonished. No, not because he has advocated for mandatory population control, including coercive contraception. But because of all the people in the world who predict Catholic values will result in the destruction of “The Earth” as we know it, Paul Ehrlich is the guy who has been proven wrong the most often and the most publicly. What a blast from the ’70s past! By training, Ehrlich is a lepidopterist, and his work on butterflies may be of enduring scientific value. But his claims