Zguy28 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven..." ~ Jesus Christ Futile exercise and waste of time trying to predict when Jesus will return in glory and judgment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacks 'n' Stuff Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 We adapt too well, and if a country like the USSR and USA can come together against a common threat, I'm not one to underestimate our species when our very survival is staring us in the face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor703 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Considering I'm not religious at all and don't believe in any of it I'm going to go with the actual science and studies that have been done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 NSFW Language Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 You really beleive we won't be multi-planet by then? A billion years, our civilzation could collapse and rebuild a couple times. Most everything we have now we've done in less then 10,000.Exactly. A billion years is an incomprehensible amount of time.I said earlier in this thread that the Sun will supernova, but I was wrong. It's not big enough of a star to supernova. It will turn in to a red giant, then shrink in to a white dwarf. 5 billion years to go before that happens. I still think it's an Alien war where we meet our match, even if we turn in to some galaxy-hopping species. I think eventually we'll come across crazy aliens with superior technology who will crush us at our core or systematically wipe us out. Perhaps even a civil war with ourselves. Remaining humans could rekindle the species, but they could also die out for various reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Exactly. A billion years is an incomprehensible amount of time. I said earlier in this thread that the Sun will supernova, but I was wrong. It's not big enough of a star to supernova. It will turn in to a red giant, then shrink in to a white dwarf. 5 billion years to go before that happens. I still think it's an Alien war where we meet our match, even if we turn in to some galaxy-hopping species. I think eventually we'll come across crazy aliens with superior technology who will crush us at our core or systematically wipe us out. Perhaps even a civil war with ourselves. Remaining humans could rekindle the species, but they could also die out for various reasons. Are you envisioning a Starship Troopers type scenario or a Star Trek one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Are you envisioning a Starship Troopers type scenario or a Star Trek one? I'm not familiar enough with either of those, TBH. I see giant ships hitting our planets with lethal doses of radiation or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grhqofb5 Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 As the thread starter, somewhat surprised to see this on re-emerge. The point I was trying to hit on in the OP was not when the last human being would die, or when earth would be obliterated. It was "when will human life as we know it cease to exist?" I think the target would be an event wiping out half or more of our population over the course of a short time frame (i.e. 10 years), something along the lines of a nuclear war creating nuclear winter, perhaps an asteroid, or maybe even a seriously infectious plague. I guess we've advanced to the point now where if, for instance, 100,000 people were left over after this type of event and the planet stabilized, things could be rebuilt, but life as we know it would still have ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I think it depends on how you define "human life as we know it" ending. Do you view a technological singularity that way? I think humans will likely be around in some way in 500 years but I think things will be MUCH different, if not downright unrecognizable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I think it depends on how you define "human life as we know it" ending. Do you view a technological singularity that way? I think humans will likely be around in some way in 500 years but I think things will be MUCH different, if not downright unrecognizable. If our social culture currently is an indication of our path, I think the movie "The Fifth Element" will be what its like. God help us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 If our social culture currently is an indication of our path, I think the movie "The Fifth Element" will be what its like. God help us.Well, if someone needs to show a sexy female alien love in order save the world, I'll bite the bullet and do it to save humanity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 NSFW LanguageFIRE ZE MISSILES! Man, weren't the pre-YouTube days of the internet fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 If our social culture currently is an indication of our path, I think the movie "The Fifth Element" will be what its like. God help us. Hey you won't catch me complaining about a semi-naked Milla Jovovich falling into my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Man, weren't the pre-YouTube days of the internet fun? indeed! I wanna say I first saw that vid in like 2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExoDus84 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 The world as we know it will end, when the Redskins win another Super Bowl. In all seriousness, there are a few possibilities. Self-inflicted destruction will likely be due to nuclear warfare, or economic breakdown due to overpopulation or some viral outbreak. Otherwise, in less than a billion years, the sun will get too radiant for life to survive above ground. Life forms will need to live under the surface. Before that happens, I'm sure a meteor will say hello to the planet and do some house cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 As the thread starter, somewhat surprised to see this on re-emerge. The point I was trying to hit on in the OP was not when the last human being would die, or when earth would be obliterated. It was "when will human life as we know it cease to exist?" I think the target would be an event wiping out half or more of our population over the course of a short time frame (i.e. 10 years), something along the lines of a nuclear war creating nuclear winter, perhaps an asteroid, or maybe even a seriously infectious plague. I guess we've advanced to the point now where if, for instance, 100,000 people were left over after this type of event and the planet stabilized, things could be rebuilt, but life as we know it would still have ended. I think we have a good enough grasp on asteroids now, although the smaller ones still pose a threat. Anything calculated to be on a collision course with Earth would get the Philae Lander treatment, cept it'd use small rockets to steer the asteroid or comet off its course.Now you may say Philae wasn't responding but for a day...but that's enough time mane. Lil boost of the thrusters and the asteroid won't hit us. WMDs seem to be the biggest threat to life as we know it in the foreseeable future. Another gigantic war would be absolutely ridiculous at this point. I'm talking WWII scale. But if it happens then life as we know it would change. An absolutely enormous earthquake/volcano/tsunami combo could potentially cripple us. Say Yellowstone sets off a chain reaction or something. Earth has been holding in this diarrhea for too long and finally let's 'er go. To a lesser degree, a solar storm pointed directly at Earth could be bad. Almost got hit with one in 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MintHillSkinsFan Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 When Hilary gets elected...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 We just may find out if this Iran stuff heats up, e ause then you're talking about Russia/China getting involved, which starts WWIII, which would be the last large scale war on this planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Two seconds before the Redskins win the Super Bowl, when aliens nuke us from orbit just as the seconds tick away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Ok, so I keep seeing the "Alien Invasion" premise, and it got me thinking: If we're dealing with an alien race that's figured out how to get between star systems either in a reasonable time frame or flat out doesn't care, why would they come all the way here with all these different options for planets when civilization is heavily populated, historically violent, and currently armed with nuclear weapons? There are some scientists that have gone so far as to say that our earth is a smaller, life-bearing planet, and the supposed Super-Earths would actually be better for life in general. Am I alone here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Because they heard we taste like pork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 That makes more sense then I'm willing to admit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 There's also the argument that any hostile alien species capable of far superior technological advancements would've long destroyed itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 There's also the argument that any hostile alien species capable of far superior technological capability would've long destroyed itself. never agreed with that theory, the notion a technically advanced society is somehow more a benevolent one seems a fallacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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