For example, for identical stable populations of ants and aphids, we might expect there to be over 200x as many aphid deaths, and over 7x as many aphid days of experience.
That math doesn’t math. By definition if ants and aphids have an identical stable population size (same standing population of individuals at any given time), they have the same number of days of experience per unit time.
They can have far more deaths and births, but they cannot have more days of experience while maintaining the same standing population.
> Standing population size is usually not a reliable proxy for comparing the likely scale of harm between different highly numerous species, due to significant differences in population throughput and life-history.
Yes it is. You’re talking about adult population size—which, yes, unless you don’t value juvenile lives, of course isn’t the only component to calculate days of experience.
That math doesn’t math. By definition if ants and aphids have an identical stable population size (same standing population of individuals at any given time), they have the same number of days of experience per unit time.
They can have far more deaths and births, but they cannot have more days of experience while maintaining the same standing population.
> Standing population size is usually not a reliable proxy for comparing the likely scale of harm between different highly numerous species, due to significant differences in population throughput and life-history.
Yes it is. You’re talking about adult population size—which, yes, unless you don’t value juvenile lives, of course isn’t the only component to calculate days of experience.