do you seriously think our survival as human species is under threat? do you think about it at all?

Question

if not can you comment on some or all of the following:

-we have very effective means of killing ourselfs (nuclear, biological etc) and have come very close to doing so at least twice (Cuba and Pakistan)

-We don't really care about our planet (global warming, deforestation etc) -

We are very intolerant of others (religious extremisms, racism etc

Answer 1

I seriously think that our survival is threatened by our self-destructive behaviors. Plus - because we have gotten so skilled at modifying our environment, we're losing our ability to adapt. If a species doesn't use/value an advantageous trait that it has aqcuired, it loses that trait. That's the way we're going .... Unintelligent/uneducated people are reproducing like wildfire ... there goes intellect. Because of our medical advances, sick people are living longer and reproducing more .... so much for thinning our gene pool. So not only are we destroying our environment - we're devolving as well!

Answer 2

At this point the inevitable threat to our survival comes from "superbug" viruses that can, at any time, spontaneously mutate into free mutating viruses, such as the common cold, that changes every time it encounters a new host. This is why we cannot eradicate it - every time we find a new weapon the cold changes slightly to survive. Add that ability to something like MRSA, bird flu, or VRE and you end up with unstoppable pandemics that would sweep the globe within weeks, wiping out 99.9% of human life. Assuming that any survivors would be so scattered and far-flung that contact and procreation would never happen, the so-called "Adam and Eve" phenomenon is not a viable way to restart the population. Our Dna is too tightly focused - even in a surviving group of 200 people would not have enough DNA diversity to avoid destabilizing congenital defects within two to three generations. Within five generations of a pandemic all human life on the Earth would cease.

Answer 3

the story of the bunny rabbits...bunnies choose to devour, and make greater bunnies. it quite is particularly what they do. they have bunnies until all the food is long previous, and then, sometime, there is lots much less bunnies.Now, we are no longer bunny rabbits, we in basic terms have 2 teenagers, perhaps, over our finished lives, yet once you verify out inhabitants numbers, we've extra 5.5 billion human beings to the earth in a hundred short years. Forecasts are for 9 billion by making use of 2050, 12 billion by making use of the twenty 2d century. we are already short on food and clean water...40 4 years from now could be thrilling...

Answer 4

we have the means to kill ourselves and everything else on this planet (except cockroaches) a hundred times over.
dinosaurs once "ruled" the earth and they died out. and no one really cares about it. who's to say that something will evolve that will be beyond human after we are gone and say the same thing.

live and don't ask the big questions. once you start asking the big questions you won't ever get any answers, just more questions. then you will have a difficult time enjoying your time here. i know.

Answer 5

To be honest, I don't really concern myself with it. If the world comes to an end it does, if it doesn't it doesn't. There's no reason to think that the human race should exist forever.

Answer 6

I think our civilisations are more at threat than us as a species. We have proven to be very adaptable.

Answer 7

I used to worry about it until I came across this website that gave me hope...
http://educate-yourself.org/mw/index.shtml

Answer 8

No, we won't be allowed to kill ourselves off completely, we're being watched.

Answer 9

No cuz God can stop that from happening

Answer 10

absolutely yes.