Or the discovery that an earth-crossing asteroid or comet will impact the earth in a matter of months. Few people realize just how many close calls we have had just in the last couple of decades, and how few Earth-crossers have been identified. Geological evidence points to massive bombardments of the Earth about every twelve million years or so. And it has been about eleven to twelve million years since the last major bombardment. It is not only highly probable, but an astronomical surety that someday we will again face this threat. And currently, we have no real plan for dealing with a threat. The last close call we had, we only had days of warning. Not enough time to have dealt with the problem, I assure you.
There is also the threat of emerging viruses, that might wipe out a great majority of mankind. Or a disease which could wipe out our crops or food animals.
There is the threat of ecological disaster, which the geological record shows hapens in cycles of hundreds of thousands of years. We may be plunged into a another Ice Age. or face massive global warming, resulting in seas rising and flooding a large portion of currrently populated land.
And then there is the threat that we bring upon ourselves with nuclear weapons. I don't need to spell out just how close we have come to wiping ourselves out, or in the very least, greatly diminishing our ability to survive.
My point is, the universe is a hostile place, and we have only scratched the surface of how improbable our continued existance is, according to the odds. We have beaten the odds coming just as far as we have, but probability has a way of catching up to you. Together, we may have the ability to overcome the odds. Divided... we fall.
2007-08-14 04:57:29
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answered by Its not me Its u 7
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Iran will be in cahoots with No Korea to drop a nuke on Isreal, prompting WW3. Nuclear fall out will kill everyone within a few weeks, save for cockroaches. Those bastards!
2007-08-14 10:00:01
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answered by J*Mo 6
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If you look at geological history the last time we had a major ice age most of the population got wiped out. Maybe this is just nature's reset button when populations get out of control. If we don't destroy ourselves before then (which is not very likely).
2007-08-14 10:16:28
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answered by lars2682 2
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The world will not end until the second coming.
2007-08-14 09:57:19
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answered by ROBERT P 7
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Doubt it. It will probably have something to do with the environment, or a global war.
2007-08-14 09:54:36
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answered by Gigi 3
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More likely? "Waking up" and working together because we have a larger earth-related problem to solve that requires moving beyond religious/national polarization and harnessing human ingenuity.
2007-08-14 09:53:24
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answered by MysticMaze 6
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Never forget, it is all in God's hands. He may allow us to self destruct and even that is in His hands.
2007-08-14 09:57:39
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answered by marlynembrindle 5
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