ufo973Join Date: 2009-04-14
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Human extinction is the end of the human species. Various scenarios have been discussed in science, popular culture, and religion (see End time). The scope of this article is existential risks.
Humans are very widespread on the Earth, and live in communities which (whilst interconnected) are capable of some kind of basic survival in isolation. Therefore, pandemic and deliberate killing aside, to achieve human extinction, the entire planet would have to be rendered uninhabitable. This would typically be during a mass extinction event, a precedent of which exists in the Permian–Triassic extinction event among other examples.
In the near future, one anthropogenic extinction scenario exists: global nuclear annihilation; and two possible natural ones: bolide impact and large scale volcanism or other catastrophic climate change. Both natural causes have occurred repeatedly in the geologic past and there is no reason to consider them unlikely in the future. As technology develops, there is a possibility that humans may be deliberately destroyed by the actions of a rogue state or individual in a form of global suicide attack, but this is balanced by the possibility that technological advancement may resolve or prevent potential extinction scenarios. Another scenario is the emergence of a pandemic of such virulence and infectiousness that very few humans survive the disease. While not actually a human extinction event, this may leave only very small, very scattered human populations that would then evolve in isolation.
It is important to differentiate between human extinction and the extinction of all life on Earth. Of possible extinction events, only a pandemic is selective enough to eliminate humanity while leaving the rest of complex life on earth relatively unscathed.
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gazamitJoin Date: 2010-06-02
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Well it's only a game, you won't die without it. Or right, that's the point of this post .-. |
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taqdaggerJoin Date: 2006-12-28
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It's just a silly game. We can find better ones out there. In fact, I already have. |
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ufo973Join Date: 2009-04-14
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@Ro
Yep |
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You plagurised it then? You should be arrested. |
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I could tell since you did not use a conjunction on your "its"
That kills everything. |
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Quote from the Bible:
"Thou shall not believe in false prophets."
Those people on earth are flase prophets, don't believe them. |
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knightdudeTop 50 PosterJoin Date: 2008-06-18
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@L4D2
Get out. Everyone can have their own opinions. |
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Science proves nothing to the orbit, end of the world etc.
Only God proves. |
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knightdudeTop 50 PosterJoin Date: 2008-06-18
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I'm not an atheist, and you must end your ignorance. |
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juice2005Join Date: 2010-04-14
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Too bad God doesn't exist. |
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knightdudeTop 50 PosterJoin Date: 2008-06-18
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@Juice
That's your opinion.
Keep it to yourself, here isn't the place to discuss it. |
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yoshi1223Join Date: 2008-02-23
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The rule says not to talk about the end of the world. |
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VideoRyanJoin Date: 2008-06-01
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BlizzettaJoin Date: 2010-12-22
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INB4FLAMEWAR |
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JoinjoeJoin Date: 2009-09-01
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You don't seem to under stand, that doctors and goverment are all ways worryed about that. We are all most to much protected. For example when H1N1 came out and it blew up on the media. Soon after the goverments all around the world started stock pileing drugs and equpment.
So no we not all srewed. |
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ufo973Join Date: 2009-04-14
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Well this wont heappen untill year 9000AD |
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VorliasJoin Date: 2009-08-27
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Nice Wikipedia paste you got there. |
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omega474Join Date: 2008-06-26
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L4D2 is right. There are alot of facts that prove there was no big bang. |
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nuclear warfare isnt a problem. the US has dropped about 1000 nuke in arizona and no one has been affected.
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BerkerserJoin Date: 2010-05-04
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Oh, god. OP - just get out. |
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Lol join is right,they get a cure in liek a second.
Seriously your asking to get banend(evn tho mods r asleep) |
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