How will the world end?

[Sixshot]

Or should I say, "how will mankind meet its demise." Because the Earth itself, regardless of the condition we leave it in, will be here long after we are gone. But that title isn't quite as catchy.

Seriously, don't spam this up. I'd like for there to be some serious, intelligent discussion going on in here if possible.

With so many crazy things going on in this day and age, it seems like it could come from almost any angle, or a combination of angles even.

Nuclear holocaust to me seems to be the most probable answer in the end. There will eventually come a point where the superpowers will collide (most likely China and US) over natural resources. The middle east of course would have to be involved somehow as well, simply because of the amount of oil that is over there. It can only last for so long. And let's not forget Russia either.

Then again, perhaps things may be different. Perhaps we may actually be able to survive with one another peacefully. Perhaps we'll start mining the Moon, terraforming Mars, and there will never be an apocalyptic war fought over resources, or for whatever reason, be it supremacy or whatever.

If we do actually manage to avoid a nuclear world war however, then maybe global warming will eventually do us in. That would be a long time from now, but if we don't kill ourselves by then it will happen. Because what has already been done to our atmosphere regarding global warming cannot and will not be undone. The only way we'd have a chance of preventing that would be to radically change all forms of industry, commerce, and our pollution levels, and change them now. As in within the next 5-10 years at the latest. Not to mention ceasing the atrocity of rain forest deforestation. Without the trees, life doesn't have a chance.

Anyhow, those are the two most plausible answers IMO, but I have taken the liberty of listing several other more 'random' events that could possibly (depending on your viewpoint) occur as well in the polls. Make sure to vote, I'm eager to see what the outcomes will be.

- 'till ours and Gaia's disputes are quelled

[Grimm_Demize]

I'm going to have to go with nuclear war. The sheer amount of nuclear weapons that exist on earth leaves little to no room for error on our part. One small fuck up involving nuclear weapons can spiral into a huge fuck up, which can only be bad news.

Also, the fact that a nuclear weapon detonation can happen ANY TIME reduces humanity's capacity to deal with it an any plausible way. Global warming is real, don't get me wrong, but the most catastrophic effects are not so immediate. An ice age may take hundreds of years of subtle climate shifts, while a nuclear war is possible at the press of a button.

IMO, Not enough people are concerned about nuclear weapons anymore.

Good topic.

[SNAAAAKE]

how bored can you possibly be.........

[Sixshot]

IMO, Not enough people are concerned about nuclear weapons anymore.

I completely agree.Good topic.
Thanx.

Alot of the other options will take time yes, but they are very real. Nuclear war is the only thing that could happen immediately, as you said. But provided we avoid that, we have a slew of other things to look forward to.how bored can you possibly be.........

Errr, this was actually intended to be a serious topic ? lol.

[Xero Kaiser]

Nuclear Holocaust or something like that. We'll kill ourselves off long before the rapture, a meteor or invading aliens will

[xYourMasterx]

The gays will end the world! BEWARE!

[jae hoon]

To Sweatin to the Oldies

[PsychoSquall]

The whole world will fart at once.

[v1y]

disease will probably kill us all off.

[Bob Poundmax]

I ws actually very scared of this shit when I was a kid. The concept of witnessing the end of mankind, then I grew up made an ass of myself then realized that its highly improbable. If we were to go through a nuclear holocaust AND a comet impact within a short period from one another then we(Humans) would still be around. Not saying that we are invincible, but when you sit down and factor in everything that is known ((and some things that arent)), then you would see that it would take a literal shitstorm of astronimical anomolies and an overabundance of criminally insane motherfuckers to exterminate humankind.

Nuclear holocaust may sound scary but a comet/asteroid impact is far worse. You get the impact and the area(200-1000 Sq. miles) of impact for a few hours is actually far hotter than the sun is and it literally vaporises anything within the area((Basically Outpowering any nuclear bomb that we may have)). Then the heat diesperses within the rest of the atmosphere and the temperature of the earth soars up to several hundered degrees farenheit. Basicly the open atmosphere becomes a fucking oven baking every living thing thats in it alive. and everything thats flammable bursts into flames.......

All this just in the first week, but its not all. To be continued.....

[Demon Dash]

I was going to say nuclear war as it's the most probable outcome, however it could happen in any way, who knows?

[Steve F]

I always thought that the world will end long after everyone is dead. Basically, it's gone millions of years without us, we aren't necessary for the planet to sustain itself. In fact, we hinder the cycles that were working fine for millions of years before we came. Global warming is a big one we're causing, and combined with us using up important resources. But the way I see it, when we die, the earth will be fine, it survived a lot worse just sitting on its own before we even got here. I hate when people talk as if the world would end. It won't. People will die, but the world won't give a shit.

[Rob2_0]

i vote the robots. because i wanna fight against some robots in single battle

[Geese Pants]

Zerg rush..........

[Satomiblood]

Giant orgy bomb.

[0746]

I think humans are quite capable of destroying themselves.

[Master Chibi]

LIKE THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYgEwXWilUc)

:O

[blindspot]

SuperAids...

[Adam Warlock]

Why the fuck are you misusing the Eye of Sauron?

[Shadow Ace 50]

#6 strikes again?


As fortold in the bible, Armagedon or Judgement day by God

[Carpet Lint]

CITIZEN, YOU ARE ORDERED TO CEASE AND DESIST IMMEDIATELY

This is a completely unsanctioned use of The Eye of Sauron, and to inappropriately direct it's terrifying glare and ancient evil is a clear violation of the fundamental laws of nature and everything that is good and holy in this world.

CEASE AND DESIST, MOTHERFUCKER

The Lidless Eye is only - I repeat, ONLY - sanctioned for use when it's soul-scorching sight is needed in procuring girlfriend/mom/Facebook stalkee pics from a poster upon mention of previously said girlfriend/mom/Facebook stalkee.

Using it as mere decoration in a thread completely unrelated to it's officially sanctioned useage is irreponsible, dangerous, and completely unacceptable.

I demand an immediate recalling of said attachment from your original post.

[RodJ]

Global Warming

[terracotta]

"the world will end" and "humans will go extinct" aren't exactly the same thing.

[Oroman]

Nuclear holocaust, or maybe a shift of the poles.....

[Corner-Trap]

"The worlds youth will grow up playing video games too much and die of poor health, thus ending civilization as we know it."

~Jack Thompson~

[DS]

CITIZEN, YOU ARE ORDERED TO CEASE AND DESIST IMMEDIATELY

This is a completely unsanctioned use of The Eye of Sauron, and to inappropriately direct it's terrifying glare and ancient evil is a clear violation of the fundamental laws of nature and everything that is good and holy in this world.

CEASE AND DESIST, MOTHERFUCKER

The Lidless Eye is only - I repeat, ONLY - sanctioned for use when it's soul-scorching sight is needed in procuring girlfriend/mom/Facebook stalkee pics from a poster upon mention of previously said girlfriend/mom/Facebook stalkee.

Using it as mere decoration in a thread completely unrelated to it's officially sanctioned useage is irreponsible, dangerous, and completely unacceptable.

I demand an immediate recalling of said attachment from your original post.


As one of the original advocaters of The Lidless Eye, I must also enforce this cease and desist order. The Eye is something you can't simply toy with. It's power is incomprehensible to those that do not use it wisely.

You have 24 hours to comply or you will be forced into a verbal confrontation.

[Panicked]

We're going to build colonies. GUNDAM, BITCH.

[Sacr3D]

Where's the option that says all of the above ?

[Hoonyo]

i heard about that polarity shift on a documentary. the poles have shifted before right?

[Team Cable]

OK, I believe the Earth will definitely exist well after humans die.

As for how we will die, it's up in the air. I don't believe nuclear war will destroy us. Despite what you think about the intelligence of the world's government they are smart enough not to start a nuclear war full scale.

Now, in all seriousness if the human race were to be extinct it would probably be from extraterrestial invasion. There must be another race out there and if they are advanced enough to make it to Earth (since we can't detect them in our current solar system) they are certainly armed enough to destroy us War of the Worlds style, and believe me, they won't die from not adapting to the atmosphere.

That in itself could destroy life and if they so desired, could destroy the planet. But in all likelihood they will preserve Earth because of the abundance of natural resources.

For those non-religious folk, I hate to admit it, but another viable way for the Earth to be wiped out would most likely be from an Armageddon type Holy War that we would have no control over.

Either way, I know we won't see any shit like this in our lifetime so don't worry about it.

[TrunksSS3]

when i die

[Sixshot]

Why the fuck are you misusing the Eye of Sauron?

CITIZEN, YOU ARE ORDERED TO CEASE AND DESIST IMMEDIATELY

This is a completely unsanctioned use of The Eye of Sauron, and to inappropriately direct it's terrifying glare and ancient evil is a clear violation of the fundamental laws of nature and everything that is good and holy in this world.

CEASE AND DESIST, MOTHERFUCKER

The Lidless Eye is only - I repeat, ONLY - sanctioned for use when it's soul-scorching sight is needed in procuring girlfriend/mom/Facebook stalkee pics from a poster upon mention of previously said girlfriend/mom/Facebook stalkee.

Using it as mere decoration in a thread completely unrelated to it's officially sanctioned useage is irreponsible, dangerous, and completely unacceptable.

I demand an immediate recalling of said attachment from your original post.As one of the original advocaters of The Lidless Eye, I must also enforce this cease and desist order. The Eye is something you can't simply toy with. It's power is incomprehensible to those that do not use it wisely.

You have 24 hours to comply or you will be forced into a verbal confrontation.


LOL :rofl::rofl::rofl::lol::lol:

I personally think " The Eye ™ " should be allowed use for other things, but if this is SRK law, I won't challenge it even though I have the right to do so. The attachment will be changed...to....something random

Good shit everyone. Keep voting !!

TO THE POLLS !!! :annoy:

[The Chief]

I'm thinking disease will play a huge part...

[Sixshot]

Where's the option that says all of the above ?

Because all of those things simply will not happen at once.i heard about that polarity shift on a documentary. the poles have shifted before right?

Yep, several times.I think the last time it happened was 10,000 years ago. Or maybe it was 50,000.I'm thinking disease will play a huge part...Yeah, I thought about possibly an epidemic after I submitted the poll. I actually took my time trying to think of some good poll options, but now that I think about it, that one should have been on there. But I think I have every other possibility covered.

Maybe the 'Holy War' option would cover that, since pestilence plays a part.

[The Chief]

It only came to my mind cause Dawn of the Dead was on my mind.

The battle between humans and disease has yet to stop... wonder who will win.

[Adam Warlock]

We thank you for your cooperation.

[MrBlank]

I figure the next step for mankind is to colonize areas in outerspace, because we will infect the universe and there will be space marines and all kinds of cool shit like battle barges...

[The Chief]

^^It's... RaNdOm MaN!!!

[scum gale 88]

I figure the next step for mankind is to colonize areas in outerspace, because we will infect the universe and there will be space marines and all kinds of cool shit like battle barges...
havent you seen gunbuster!? if we expand our reaches then giant supersonic space bugs will fuck us up because we are like a virus to the universe.

[The Green Trench Coat]

The gays will end the world! BEWARE!

*Shoots a tranquilizer dart at your neck.*

"Cant have you ruining the plans..."
*looks around*
"Uh.. my vote was for global warming .. nothing gay about greenhouse gasses .. carry on"

[beatsofdevil]

The gays will end the world! BEWARE!and battle in the oceans riding giant condoms!

well whichever way...I don't see humans being completely obliterated....some will survive or many will figure out a way to survive.

except for when the sun eventually turns into redgiant/supernova/white dwarf

everything's gonna be melted than frozen...and I mean REALLY MELTED/FROZEN

or perhaps a black hole

sorta hard to escape that shit and impossible to survive...we'll have to move to another galaxy.

[Jaldaboath]

LIKE THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYgEwXWilUc)

:O
Where did you ot that pic for your av?

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT PIC FOR YOUR AV?

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT PIC FOR YOUR AV?


WHERE DID YOU GET THAT PIC FOR YOUR AV?


:annoy::annoy:WHERE DID YOU GET THAT PIC FOR YOUR AV?:annoy::annoy:


I must know plz. :lovin:

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And now to try to get #6 not to kill me:

I think we will have a nuclear war, but humanity will survive it somehow, after that, I'd go with what Asimov said in a lecture called "The future of humanity". I'll try to find the transcript later, it's amazing what his mind can conjure and hhow much sense it actually does.


EDIT: The Future of Humanity: a Lecture by Isaac Asimov (http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/future_of_humanity.html)

Here you go, it's a pretty nice read.

[The Green Trench Coat]

and battle in the oceans riding giant condoms!

well whichever way...I don't see humans being completely obliterated....some will survive or many will figure out a way to survive.

except for when the sun eventually turns into redgiant/supernova/white dwarf

everything's gonna be melted than frozen...and I mean REALLY MELTED/FROZEN

or perhaps a black hole

sorta hard to escape that shit and impossible to survive...we'll have to move to another galaxy.

I honestly don't think any of us will be around for it but i think at least a little bit from every choice on here will be part of the ultimate final war on human life.

[Jida]

We're going to build colonies. GUNDAM, BITCH.

This thread almost had me worried for a moment. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Gasp]

i didnt see my answer up there

"When I say so."

EDIT: or some sort of new plague will satisfy me as well.

[R | C]

No Zombie Attack option ?

[Debaser]

The world will end when Judi Dench gets an Oscar.









































So the world officially ended about 9 years ago.

[Dan?]

havent you seen gunbuster!? if we expand our reaches then giant supersonic space bugs will fuck us up because we are like a virus to the universe.

MrBlank has the right of it. Space Marines own giant space bugs.

Precedent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Macragge

For the Emperor!

[Galactic]

I dunno what you all think, but I'm preparing for zombies.

^_-;

[MrBlank]

*puts on Space Marine Armor and loads up bolter*

The Emperor Wills it, it shall be done!!

[Kalypso]

No big crunch?

[goodm0urning]

Nuclear holocaust - " the world will end in fire. " - This is, by far, the most likely answer. There are currently enough nukes to render the entire planet uninhabitable by anything more complex than a microbe, many of them are in possession of assholes with itchy trigger fingers, they are in control of computer systems with an uncomfortably wide margin of error, and the minute one country launches, they all do. Mutually Assured Destruction.

We will eventually succumb to the effects of global warming. The sun is hot, REAL hot. - Global warming might fuck a lot of shit up, but it would take a long time to kill us off. The human race is notoriously adaptive, whether through nature or (more prevalently) technology. We have conquered the harshest environments that this planet can throw at us; it'll be a long time before we're legitimately threatened by the planet itself.

We will endure a second Ice Age. Some scientists say it's due soon. Brrrrrr. - A similar concern to global warming, and is likely an even longer way off. "Soon" in geological terms is a rather lengthy period of time.

A giant asteroid will make impact with Earth. We shall share the Dinosaur's fate. - The likelihood that a celestial object on a semi-random path in space is set to intersect with the Earth's path at precisely the same time and precisely the same location as the Earth itself is very unlikely. The phrase "the odds against this are astronomical" was coined to describe this kind of scenario.

Extraterrestrial invasion. The truth is out there. - So hilariously unlikely. Exhibit A. Life is a relatively rare phenomenon in the universe. Let alone life intelligent enough to venture into space. Let alone life intelligent enough to traverse the interstellar medium (which we don't even qualify as, not in our wildest dreams). B. Considering the way humanity conducts itself, the likelihood of an intelligent species lasting long enough to build the kind of technology necessary for interstellar travel, without eradicating itself, is utterly ridiculous. C. See the asteroid category. Even if the unlikely scenario of an intelligent species crossing between solar systems were to occur--a gap that makes the distance between us and Pluto seem like the distance between your face and your computer screen, mind you--the likelihood that they are specifically aimed at us is, putting it mildly, not high.

A polarity shift of the Earth's magnetic field will occur. Extreme natural disasters. - The jury is still out on whether or not anything out of the ordinary would occur as the result of a polarity shift. Even so, a "Day After Tomorrow" style natural disaster clusterfuck would in no way endanger the entire human species. Our numbers might decrease significantly, but we'd hardly face extinction.

A.I./machines will eventually become " self-aware " and overthrow us in the distant future. - If the AI in most fighting games is any indication, we would defeat the machine easily as soon as we found the small but infinitely, easily exploitable gap in their defense.

Something beyond human comprehension involving 'God' & 'Satan' will take place. The 'Holy War'. - Hah. If all that bullshit is true, they deserve to kill our asses.

I honestly do not know. Who does ? - This is the smartest answer, but probably the least fun.

I don't believe any of these things will happen. The human race will go on forever. - Nothing ends, but everything changes. Even if we were to escape this rock and spread throughout the neighboring planets and stars, evolution would eventually change us into something radically different from humanity. Beyond a certain point, our descendants would resemble us about as much as we resemble single-celled organisms.

[goodm0urning]

No big crunch?The universe isn't just growing, it is doing so at an accelerated rate. Scientists are currently working on a way to unite theories of dark matter and dark energy with the Big Bang Theory, but we currently know so little about this phenomenon that it is a long way off. Suffice it to say that this puts a bit of a crimp in the Big Crunch theory.

I think the world's gonna end when the Sun blows up.Barring a hilariously unforeseen confutation of the laws of physics, the Sun will never blow up. It will spend the majority of its life as a red giant, and it will not become one for billions of years. Needless to say, humanity as we know it will be long gone.

After the red giant phase, the Sun will shrink and become a white dwarf star in its twilight. Mercury and Venus will have been destroyed during the Sun's expansion to a red giant, and if the Earth does not share the same fate (and it very well might), then its surface will be dry as a bone and so hot that no form of life as we know it could possibly live on it.

when i dieThis is an unexpectedly philosophical answer. You have my sincere compliments.

[{PFH}-Lake]

Make wikipedia a A.I. and it will take over the world.

[Plutoburn]

This is also a good possibility:

Super epidemic virus that was mutated out of hospital immune to all known cures.

[Dasrik]

I don't think the world will end, partly because I believe in miracles, but mainly for the same reason I don't believe in death - if it happened, you wouldn't know the difference.

[white shadow]

y.

Barring a hilariously unforeseen confutation of the laws of physics, the Sun will never blow up. It will spend the majority of its life as a red giant, and it will not become one for billions of years. Needless to say, humanity as we know it will be long gone.

After the red giant phase, the Sun will shrink and become a white dwarf star in its twilight. Mercury and Venus will have been destroyed during the Sun's expansion to a red giant, and if the Earth does not share the same fate (and it very well might), then its surface will be dry as a bone and so hot that no form of life as we know it could possibly live on it.


Actually the sun would "blow up" in the sense that when the sun's equilibrium goes critical in the red giant stage a nova will occur, shedding the outer red photosphere along with the preceding several layers. The scale is just not as violent as a supernova and doesn't create a black dwarf or black hole.

In the red giant phase the earth would be practically incinerated and ultimately consumed by the corona, not just dry.
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Anywho, after much thought I have come to a conclusion that a nuclear holocaust wouldn't end all of humanity, just end civilization. Secluded tribes and bands all over the world, as well as a few city dwellers would probably survive.

I make this judgment based on the fact that major sites for nuclear bombing would probably be so overhwelming that military installations would deem it impractical to send their entire arsenal to a every major city or country to cause the worldwide conflagration.

What would probably happen is that the irradiated air would slowly kill most of the world, killing all humans in proximity to trade winds and seas. The rest will be brought on by a war of resources leaving only the most isolated peoples alive.


Large-scale Asteroids/Comets on the other hand will definitely kill us all, no question. The chance of a giant asteroid hitting planet earth in the future is 100% and the energy released by asteroids 50 km or larger exceeds all the nuclear payloads we have many times over.


Polar shifts would screw us, but seeing how many animals have survived this, I doubt it would be that lethal.


A supervolcano eruption is probably the best terrestial killer though. Seeing how a few thousand years ago 99% of all humans were GGPO'd by the previous super eruption I don't see how people can survive decades of thick carcinogenic ash, dead and unedible plant and animal life, and freshwater choked by ash.


Plutoburn: Actually I read this interesting article on how mankind being extinguishrf by a "super virus" is a statistical impossibility; because the genetic diversity within humans lowers the chance of all humans being susceptible to a strain practically nil. Polygenetics FTW!

[DaemoN_]

www.exitmundi.nl

[Kalypso]

The universe isn't just growing, it is doing so at an accelerated rate. Scientists are currently working on a way to unite theories of dark matter and dark energy with the Big Bang Theory, but we currently know so little about this phenomenon that it is a long way off. Suffice it to say that this puts a bit of a crimp in the Big Crunch theory.

I just think the idea is hilarious, not that it's going to happen. People took this thread seriously?

[goodm0urning]

People took this thread seriously?I believe that was explicitly stated as the original idea, yes.

[Mickey D']

Make wikipedia a A.I. and it will take over the world.

So truth.

[Manx]

The hardest rocking rock band in the galaxy will team up with the baddest audio engineers and scientists to create the biggest amp loudspeakers ever and tear apart the cosmos with sheer unadulterated funk. :tup:

[Sixshot]

Damn, more people have voted for " I don't know " than " nuclear holocaust " ??

Where's your conviction people ? Your intuition ? You know you have an idea, in the back of your head, about this...it's been there for some time now..

Could you lead us to avoid said incident ? Are you the next Charles Xavier ? We'd need perception then. Just think about the question and the circumstances a little before you say " I don't know ", that's all I'm asking. Any good reason has some weight. I'd like to think all of the poll options have some weight to them.
EDIT: The Future of Humanity: a Lecture by Isaac Asimov (http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/future_of_humanity.html)

Here you go, it's a pretty nice read.

Thanx for that.

Also good posts there, white shadow & goodm0urning

[Khaotika!]

Whatever happens, humanity's end will end because of humanity's stupidity. I have that little amount of faith. Earth will still go on, however, no matter what happens. Barring extraterrestrial involvement, black hole, heavy asteroid impact, planetbuster weapon, etc etc.

What a nice depressing topic to wake up to today. :lol:

[Rhio2k]

Nuclear strikes in the name of Allah to start it off. Our counter-attack leads to counter-attacks from the nuclear armed countries allied with terrorists (or at least hating on the us) all over the world, and we go back and forth until the end. Seems most likely.

[MistaJuJu]

Where is the zombie option?

[Autocrat1]

When Paris Hilton orders a #6 With Cheese.

[Sixshot]

OK, one last bump to make sure that everyone who wanted to see the thread saw it. I appreciate the input the thread has acquired thus far as well, I've found genuine interest in some of your responses.


As I originally said, I think a nuclear war would be the cause if anything. The odds of that happening are just too high compared to pretty much any other explanation. If that doesn't happen soon (in the next 100 years or so), global warming seems like it will fuck shit up before anything else would. I don't even see how an Ice Age is really possible in the middle of global warming. But it is another accepted theory, so I included it as a poll option.

Extraterrestrial invasion -- ehh...while I do personally believe that other intelligent life exists in the universe, it just doesn't seem likely that some ID4 shit would pop off. They'll probably just keep learning about our planet, fucking with us, abducting hicks from a corn field then scaring the shit out of them when they wake up on an operating table to a pair of big, beady black eyes staring them down as their skull is being opened.

An asteroid hitting Earth that's big enough to redo what happened to the dinosaurs is definitely more probable to my brain, but NASA would see that shit coming long before it would actually make impact. And then some type of 'Armageddon' stunt would be pulled to break the asteroid up into smaller pieces, or somehow divert its trajectory towards Earth, that actually believe it or not could succeed in all likelihood.

A shifting of the poles would most definitely fuck us up, bad, but perhaps not to extinction. It would in all likelihood though destroy nearly all of our major cities/structures/industry/commerce/way of life. But that won't happen for several thousand years I believe.

A.I. becoming " self-aware/reliant " is actually a very strong possibility though in my opinion. You've seen it in all the movies, The Terminator, The Matrix, Blade Runner etc., probably almost to the point where you might not believe things of that nature may actually one day become a reality. But it can happen. The hardest part is the first step. When the machine 'learns' it has the capacity to exist independantly of humans. Once that happens, all the other dominoes will fall, it's guaranteed. It's just breaking that proverbial ice to become self-aware that in reality would have a very, very low chance of happening. But given enough time, and the advances we make in technology, it can happen.

The sun evolving into a red giant would not happen for billions of years. If we survive that long, that would just have to be the greatest miracle in the history of the universe (other than its creation). But yes, at that point, the Earth would be incinerated, there's nothing that could prevent that.

[Grimm_Demize]

Outside of any serious discussion about nuclear war, where's the "TERERROIZM!1!!!1!" option?

How could one forget that Islamic Terror is the #1 threat to basically everything that's ever existed, past, present or future? :rolleyes:

[Rhio2k]

Outside of any serious discussion about nuclear war, where's the "TERERROIZM!1!!!1!" option?

How could one forget that Islamic Terror is the #1 threat to basically everything that's ever existed, past, present or future? :rolleyes:

Hey chief...think ya missed my post, eh.

[specs]

I settled on extraterrestrial invasion. The odds are so great that there's other intelligent life out there, too great to ignore. And where there's sentient life, there's a will to conquer and rule.

I also settled on that answer because none of the others seem likely.

Nuclear weapons are plentiful, but people aren't stupid. They understand what global nuclear war means. And not every place on Earth is going to get attacked even if it comes to that, and there are people just about everywhere. Humanity will live on in this scenario.

Global warming is a real possibility, but what real effects do we know about it? There's no doubt it IS happening, but will the climate change really wipe out ALL of humanity? I doubt that. Another ice age won't be enough to do us in, either. Human beings are highly adaptable.

The asteroid could well happen, too, and I admit it was tough choosing between this and alien invasion. We have the means of detecting what objects could strike us ahead of time, though. It's just a matter of what means we can use to deflect it.

Machines becoming self-aware? Not yet. We'd need to design A.I. so advanced it could be classified as sentient. I'm talking somebody needs to build Megaman X, seal him up, have him unearthed in the future, and have somebody copy his design to make reploids. I don't think we're at that level of technology yet. But, at the rate we're going, we just might be much sooner than people think.

Seeing as neither God nor Satan exists (actually, I should say that there's no credible proof that supports the existence of God or Satan), I dismiss the holy war possiblity. If new evidence were to arise to confirm (ACTUALLY confirm) their existence or the existence of any other deities bent on starting a fight, I will reconsider this choice.

Finally, the human race will not go on forever. Everything ends, someday, somehow. However, if we play our cards right and with a bit of luck, maybe humanity will survive to see the end of our current universe.

[TrunksSS3]

i don't think the world may never end...you just die and it will still be here for ever..


or maybe how the dinosaurs die...but then again theres many way which they say they died in


..or we can all wait till the alien finally show up and take up

[MistaJuJu]

The world won't end. People will just end up like that movie Idiocracy.