On November 13, 2026, humanity was supposed to be crushed. The "prophecy" from 1960

The article discusses a 1960 prediction by researchers from the University of Illinois regarding human population growth. They theorized that communication abilities allow humans to form coalitions, mitigating the negative effects of overpopulation seen in other species. Their calculations suggested that if growth continued as in the past, the population would reach unsustainable levels by 2026. However, global fertility rates have since declined significantly, contradicting the prediction. Current estimates indicate that the world population may peak around 10.3 billion by the mid-2080s before gradually decreasing.