Wow. That's actually THE most irrational thing I've ever seen said on one of these threads, and that's saying something.
You mean "said", or "seen"???
Irrational?
Why?
Are 'populations' NOT composed of individuals?
If my township census indicates that ALL persons living in it in are WASP's in 1980 and in 2000 .1% are Samoan, you could say the population has changed.
If you THEN claim that that individuals making up the population are the SAME, who is being 'irrational'?
I got you beat. There was a post where the poster claimed the only reason the Earth kept spinning on its axis was because the Lord occasionally reached down and spun it back up with his hand.
I am not making this up at all. I just wish I still had the link to that thread! Sigh! LOL!!