Is the human race doomed to extinction by its own hand?

Question

There will always be wars. There will always be people willing to kill other people for a cause. There will always be people willing to die for a cause. There will always be scientists developing deadlier and deadlier weapons.

Will we ever be able to stop killing one another before it's too late?

Answer 1

Eventually we will all die, the human race as we know it, will die. It's only of question of how and when. Most likely it will not be a person pushing a button but a series of unfortunate incidents that lead up to the final end.

Answer 2

I don't know about Mankind becoming extinct, by its own hand or otherwise, but I do know a few things for certain.

One is that I'm going to die someday anyway.

Another is that if I focus too much on whether or not the entire race goes at once, I'm going to lose sight of the value my own life has in the meantime.

Answer 3

Humans breed faster than they can be killed off in wars especially Asia and Africa -the champions of human reproduction. I fear over population by the third world rather than any third world war. India and China each have over a billion inhabitants and despite wars, famine and disease all of the African nations have huge birth to death ratios. So when they run out of food and space where are they going to live and eat?

Answer 4

“I do not know what weapons will be used to fight WW III; but WW IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” -- Albert Einstein

"We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive." -- Albert Einstein

Why Socialism?
By Albert Einstein
http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Einstein.htm

Answer 5

And there will always be people trying to see the future.
If there weren't, psychics and soothsayers would have to find jobs.

Answer 6

Yes,if we cannot establish ourselves off this planet...as abundant as resources are on earth,they are not infinite...

Answer 7

more than likely, on the second I doubt it!