2006-12-13 05:56:10 · 9 answers · asked by ? 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
We'll probably doom ourselves off before that planet killing asteroid hits us, before the consequences of global warming are in full swing, before the super volcanoes erupts and surely before our sun supernovas.
The detonation of tens of thousands of nuclear weapons that now sit quietly, inconspicuously, in missile silos, submarines and long-range bombers, faithful servants awaiting orders would bring the end of the human species.
The World Health Organization concludes that 1.1 billion people would be killed outright in such a nuclear war, mainly in the US, Russia, Europe, China and Japan. An additional 1.1 billion people would suffer serious injurles and radiation sickness. This would represent by far the greatest disaster in the history of the human species and, with no other adverse effects, would probably be enough to reduce at least the Northern Hemisphere to a state of prolonged agony and barbarism.
The nuclear winter that Carl Sagan spoke about would eventually spread to the Southern Hemisphere, killing all plant and animal life, and eventually mankind.
Are nukes good, the MAD doctrine kept us out of a nuclear war for 60 years, but now with rogue states and rogue leaders, the fallacy of the MAD doctrine is apparent. The weapons of peace for the last 60 years have now been turned to weapons of war. Once again we are staring into the black abyss of a nuclear holocaust.
2006-12-13 12:03:11 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that some type of major cataclysmic change will happen to the earth eventually. With our rate of space technology advancement we will probably not be able to leave the planet in time. That is the realist in me talking.
In my heart I hope for the best for humanity. There are so many beautiful things on earth, and it's a shame that so many humans tend to over look them.
2006-12-13 14:05:52 · answer #2 · answered by I Ain't Your Momma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By our own hands. Self-fullfilling prophecy. We think it might happen,so we worry and try to make it not happen we change things to make it different and it causes the very thing we didn't want to happen to happen.Our sun will grow to the size of a red giant star in about 2 billion years(it will be as large as the earths orit around the sun) we will be a cinder;it will go super-nova(explode) and destroy our solar system.If we make it that long.I like Dr. Quest's answer the best though.
2006-12-13 14:51:05 · answer #3 · answered by Tyberius 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am pretty sure that Global Warming will be the kill of us all. Then end of humanity will result in all of us killing each other. America I know is not safe as long as BUSH is still president that is for sure.
2006-12-13 14:05:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, if Apophis (an asteroid) doesn't get us (and it just might...), I'd say nuclear war. Global warming might wipe out a bunch of us, but the rest could live caveman-style...
2006-12-13 14:01:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The earth will tire of us, and launch a super-virus.
2006-12-13 13:58:12 · answer #6 · answered by themistocles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but I have a feeling that it will involve Rosie O' Donnell.
2006-12-13 14:00:14 · answer #7 · answered by Dr. Quest 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we will kill ourselve out one way or another, probly through some virus, started by war.
2006-12-13 13:59:36 · answer #8 · answered by Tom C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not with a bang, but a whimper ;-)
2006-12-13 18:49:23 · answer #9 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋