# Human Ingenuity Proved Thomas Malthus Spectacularly Wrong by Gale L. Pooley > "Human ingenuity proved [Thomas Malthus] to be so spectacularly wrong." > **— Gale L. Pooley**, *Wheat Superabundance Proves Malthus Wrong* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication (2025-10-16):** [Wheat Superabundance Proves Malthus Wrong](https://humanprogress.org/wheat-superabundance-proves-malthus-wrong/) — exact wording verified in the article text. - **Exact original:** “Human ingenuity proved him to be so spectacularly wrong.” - **Editorial clarification:** Square brackets restore the referent established by the immediately surrounding source passage; no certainty, scope, or conclusion was added. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Whole Earth|Whole Earth]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Article:** [[articles/STFU About AI and Water and Just Eat Your Burger|STFU About AI and Water and Just Eat Your Burger]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/HumanProgress.org|HumanProgress.org]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Human ingenuity proved [Thomas Malthus] to be so spectacularly wrong." — Gale L. Pooley, Wheat Superabundance Proves Malthus Wrong, 2025-10-16 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-gale-pooley-malthus-spectacularly-wrong ```