How long do you think we'll last? Options

[sporadic]

Things have never been wonderful in the world (at least, not after "civilization" was invented) but things just seem awful. We have intolerance, discrimination, prejudice, hate... For some reason, I have this awful feeling that humans are only going to last for a few more centuries. I don't know. Maybe I'm over-exaggerating and being paranoid. Perhaps I've reached a new point of awareness, where all of a sudden I see all the end-of-the-world movies and horrible things that go on in the shadows.

How long do you think the human race will last?

[Sumiaki]

Soon. We've been overdue for a major war. Once a war starts with nuclear weapons, we're all done for. Maybe in the next decade or two.

[ryfitaDF]

i feel the same way, but it's not awful. all things must come to an end. humanity has been around 2000 years to many.

[heyyfrankie]

i don't really know. but if we do get into another world war, with nuclear weapons, most of us will probably die. if anybody survives, it will be the richest and most powerful nations. but even people there will die.

[*tweeak*]

according to the mayans(?), only till 2012. personal, until either the sun dies or we war ourselves to the end

[.kyan]

i think we're gonna die a watery death with the ice all melting.
and those nuclear bombs? oh yes, we're so gonna die by it.
and thats kinda unfair to the rest of the world who havent contributed to anything.

[azn_r4pf4n]

thats something i'll never know. maybe soon.

[ComradeRed]

The average species survival time for a warm blooded species is about two and a half million years.

We've still got over a million to go.

[pandamonium]

yea there are a lot of factors to think about ... how long this world is gunna last. why cant we all just get a long. and keep the peace.

i think the movie the Time Machine was great you should watch it. it shows about the future.

[ComradeRed]

Because we all know movie producers are that great at telling the future

[DaTru KataLYST]

What does Nostradamus say about this?

[sunissed14127]

i personally,i have no idea. i guess it will come when it comes. but Bush isnt helping out at all.....

[xquizit]

You know what. Why are we even thinking about this. It's irrelevant. Enjoy life. The end.

[pandamonium]

You know what. Why are we even thinking about this. It's irrelevant. Enjoy life. The end.

good point!

[angel-roh]

yeah like Roxanne says lol

anyways if there'll be a world war 3, that's when everyone dies in this earth because that's when the north korean will use their nuclear bombs. i know because im korean lol

[Sumiaki]

What does Nostradamus say about this?

He doesn't matter. I believe he just makes a bunch of vague statements and people suddenly draw connections to it. He is like the modern day Jonathan Edwards where his vague statements get him famous.

[aznxdreamer]

the worlds gonna blow up in 2012.

if the world doesnt blow up in eight years, the american civilization is not gonna last. probably 200 more years at the most. americas too screwed up.

personally, i think we're gonna blow ourselves up with bombs. either that or fires gonna rain down from the sky all over the world and burn us all.

arent i such a happy happy person???

[DaTru KataLYST]

O boy I can't wait to see our extra-terrestrial masters!

[ghjgfkgfk]

i really think we never "die out", i think we'll last forever. i feel stupid saying that because i have nothing to prove it but, it's just something that i have a feeling about.

the whole idea of the sun burning out or starting a world war 3 just seems insane to me. i think neither will happen and i'm too stubborn to change that.

This post has been edited by airam: Dec 8 2004, 09:31 PM

[gelionie]

I think we'll die in a hundred years (or earlier).
We'll either die of (random order):
- severely-polluted air
- a completely destroyed ozone layer
- too hot/cold
- flood
- war
- radiation (from anything that has monitors, e.g. televisions, cell phones, computers... etc.)

... etc.

[stryker76]

Considering how incredible Stupid Humans are as a whole....i think we will kill our selves off whether it be biologically or with nuclear war. Maybe even technology with turn on us when we create AI......nobody knows

[Jealousy]

This is a very interesting and thought provoking question.

I dont think the human race will ever die out because we are so adaptable.
We build things and change the environment so that it suits what we need.

If the sun were to "burn out" as mentioned, there would probably be lights like in a taning salon everywhere. And if there were no oxygen because we polluted it too much, there would just be some medication to make our lungs work with carbon dioxide or a machine to make oxygen.

A war could kill alot of people, but I dont think it would kill everyone in the world, the country that nuked everyone would still be alive and after it was safe again, those people would spread and migrate to other places on earth.

And don't forget that we can almost live on mars

[aznxdreamer]

And don't forget that we can almost live on mars

we're not 100% sure of that. remember mars is smaller than earth and we already have trouble with the population in some countries like china. and besides..if the sun blows up, theres probably a pretty big change that its gonna destroy a few other planets too, not just earth. and it pretty hectic for the goverment to try to transfer everyone on this world to mars.

[weirdness]

Who knows. We might even die tomarrow.



















LOL jk. :P o____O;;... well not really but ehh... whatever.

[smile4me]

not too long. just look at the bashing that goes on on the internet.