Pick many linearly independent linear combinations
isn't there at most linearly independent linear combinations of ?
The current population size that Mars can support is 0, so even 1 person would be overpopulation. To complete the analogy, we are currently sending the entire population to Mars, and someone says: "But what about oxygen? We don't know if it's on Mars, maybe we should work on spacesuits?" and another says, "Nah, we'll figure it out when we get there."
maybe you meant pairwise linearly independent (by looking at the graph)