Of the following four, which do you believe would be most likely to destroy.....?
the general quality of the largest mumberof human life first?1) atom bombs,2)human procreation,3)earth warming,4)volcano/earthquake.
2007-03-11 19:25:29 · 12 answers · asked by syrious 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It could be 28 minutes from now or 280 years from now. When the superpowers square off against each other in two camps, then come back and we'll talk apacolpse.
Until then, just think regional conflicts, wars between rump states, proxy wars and brinksmanship. If you recall the Yom Kippur War in 1973, a coalition of Arab States (Egypt, Syria and Jordan) were soundly defeated by the Israelis. That was a worse situation than the current conflict and it didn't raise a blip on the world war radar (not that it didn't have the potential to spark a global war).
The next World War will involve a nuclear exchange, how could it not. In the first 30 minutes, nearly a billion people will have been vaporised, mostly in the US, Russia, Europe, China and Japan. Another 1.5 billion will die shortly thereafter from radiation poisoning. The northern hemisphere will be plunged into prolonged agony and barbarity.
Eventually the nuclear winter will spread to the southern hemisphere and all plant life will die. You ask when is the apacolypse, you are asking when will we commit global suicide. My answer is it won't happen soon because the larger superpowers are more rational than the rump states in the middle east.
Our biggest risk is an accidental launch of nukes by one of the nuclear powers.
2007-03-12 09:00:15 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Number 2.
Only Number 2 ( human procreation ) can cause the extensive drain on resources that is occuring at the moment. Many people fail to realise that no matter what happens with earthquakes, global warming or atomic weapons that if we have too many people that are using the limited resources and poluting the enviroment (first and third world alike) that we wont have a planet to live on very soon but an solar orbiting garbage dump. This will kill the most people before any of the others can come into play.
Hope this helps.
2007-03-11 19:42:07 · answer #2 · answered by Arthur N 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically any of your 4 possibilities may put an end to human civilization. Atom bomb is very plausible. Global Warming can cause great damages; but it has to be big enough to put an end to civilization. Evolcano or Earthquake has to be massive enough to trigger global scale catastrophe.
Human beings have lived through the most desperate conditions before. Excluding apes, I must say, what has always destroyed a civilization is whenever people started to treat humanity humanely. If we stop adhering to humanity, or that is to say when we no longer able to see people as humans, we would stop being human; and that is good enough to put an end to human civilization.
2007-03-11 22:55:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Largest number of human life is a big red flag for me. How about instead, what is most likely to end the life/lives of the weakest person(s) on Earth?
2007-03-11 19:51:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if I only have those four to choose from, I'll take 1. Nuclear terrorism.
However, I think we're more likely to have our civilization out-bred by more primitive and violent cultures. After all, that's what's happening right now all across Europe.
Orion
2007-03-11 19:34:55 · answer #5 · answered by Orion 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Overpopulation, pollution, global warming, and the depletion of existence-helping aspects are all appropriate. i have self belief those have as a lot ability to carry an end to civilization as religiously-inspired nuclear wars. regardless of the truth that a significant meteor/comet/bigass rock could spell particular doom to boot. and easily swifter than any of the unnatural causes listed.
2016-12-01 21:04:36 · answer #6 · answered by lewan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, none of the above, but a natural disaster of some sort will do a good job of it someday, provided we last long enough. Look at the archaeological record
2007-03-11 19:36:21 · answer #7 · answered by Husker41 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How long do I have to figure this out? Er .. Hmm, .. I'll take whats behind door number 3 Jeff. What did I win? I just love this part. What did I win?
2007-03-11 19:32:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
4 Nature is already turning on us
2007-03-11 19:39:26 · answer #9 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is no end for civilization .
(what is civilization ? killing rival for living or step by step killing for enjoyment ?)
2007-03-11 19:58:24 · answer #10 · answered by datoli 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋