How do you think the world will end

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around various speculative scenarios regarding the potential end of the world, focusing primarily on the extinction of the human race and the fate of Earth itself. Participants explore a range of theories, including environmental disasters, nuclear warfare, cosmic events, and fictional scenarios.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants suggest that environmental disasters, such as toxic air and water, could render Earth uninhabitable.
  • Others propose that nuclear holocaust or warfare could lead to human extinction.
  • Several viewpoints express the idea that humanity may self-destruct through its own actions, including warfare and environmental degradation.
  • Some participants speculate about cosmic events, such as the Earth being consumed by the sun or impacted by a meteor.
  • A few contributions introduce fictional or humorous scenarios, including alien invasions and whimsical interpretations of human evolution.
  • There are discussions about the potential for space exploration as a means of survival, though opinions vary on its feasibility.
  • Some participants express a pessimistic view regarding humanity's future, suggesting that a catastrophic event could lead to extinction.
  • Others argue that life may continue in some form, even if human civilization collapses.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the specific causes or likelihood of the world's end, with multiple competing views and uncertainties expressed throughout the discussion.

Contextual Notes

Participants raise various assumptions about the nature of disasters, the role of human agency, and the potential for recovery or continuation of life, but these remain unresolved and depend on differing interpretations of scientific and speculative scenarios.

How do you think the world will end?

  • Warring countries/ terrorists will nuke the world until it is uninhabitable

    Votes: 8 14.5%

  • Angry citizens will create a world-wide free-for-all deathmatch

    Votes: 9 16.4%

  • There will be and environmental disaster

    Votes: 19 34.5%

  • A new disease will come that will wipe out all humans

    Votes: 3 5.5%

  • We desert planet earth

    Votes: 7 12.7%

  • The air and water becomes so toxic that it is uninhabitable

    Votes: 9 16.4%
  • Total voters
    55
  • #31
I guess that the most of the Earth would be a toxic and a radioactive desert. Ocean waters would be much higher than they are today. People would live cramped up in cities. Food and water would be pretty expensive. It would not be much different to live on Mars.

Humans will extinct in a pleasant way. Genetic engineers of the near future can tell you this:
They can fix some genetic sequences of your planned child. Your child would never need glasses, would have healthy teeth, nice hair, strong hearth and blood vessels, higher resistance against UV-rays, X-rays, gamma-rays, higher resistance against mechanical damage and your child can live 1000 years… And it’s safe and cheap. What would you say?

These modifications will lead to some kind of superhuman race.
 
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  • #32
NoGeniusJustSensible said:
like the giants in harry potter... we will be our own doom...

HAHAAHAH AWESOME!

I can't wait till Harry Potter starts permeating my classes lol.

I can just see my Sociology Prof. making comparrisons haha.
 
  • #33
Destructive technology will far surpass human stupidity, just a matter of time really.
 
  • #34
I already told you guys and girls several times:

THE ANTS WILL TAKE OVER :smile: :smile:
 
  • #35
vanesch said:
I already told you guys and girls several times:

THE ANTS WILL TAKE OVER :smile: :smile:
is this from city?

i figgure the world and humanity will just change so much that we'll consider it to be by todays standards no longer Earth and no longer humanity
 
  • #36
The world will problably last a few more million years although it may loose it's habitability (if that's a word) within a billion year. Mankind probably has some 100,000 years to go, as the average turn over rate of mammal species is about half a million years.

But then again, Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.

Shultz
 
  • #37
From my point of view, the world will end a few minutes after my heart stops beating. :biggrin:
 

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