Read the article "The Boiling Frog Theory" and provide a response to the author's message concerning the relationship between food availability and
population growth. Please use concepts and ideas from the text to better describe your thoughts (bolded or highlighted). Please do not summarize the
article too much, but rather provide a critical response to it.
Sample Solution
The author of the article, "The Boiling Frog Theory," makes the point that population growth is directly related to food availability. The metaphor of boiling a frog alive in gradually heated water is used to explain how this relationship works - if you increase food availability too quickly and drastically, it can lead to an unsustainable population growth which can eventually cause mass starvation or other negative consequences.