I think Paulos has been hanging around the sophomore dorm at 3 am too much. Perhaps he can hash out some other Deep Thoughts chin-scratchers for us like:

If retarded women suddenly started having 20 babies every year, wouldn't he have to rethink his opposition to mandatory sterilitization?

If murderers suddenly started living to be a billion years old, wouldn't Paulos's opposition to the death penalty become cost ineffective?