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Subject: How Is Our Civilization Going to End?

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Poll: How Is Our Civilization Going to End?  [closed]
2012 (whatever it is):  2%
(2 Votes)
Nuclear War:  31%
(29 Votes)
Economic Collapse:  22%
(21 Votes)
Virus/some kind of disease:  9%
(9 Votes)
Aliens:  7%
(7 Votes)
Meteor:  3%
(3 Votes)
Yellowstone super volcano:  4%
(4 Votes)
It's never going to end..:  21%
(20 Votes)
Total Votes: 95

Let's face it: Nothing lasts forever. Our civilization, the world as we know it is going to end at some point. How do you think it's going to happen? Keep in mind, I'm not necessarily talking about the absolute end of the world here. Of course some options are going to have a bit of that as well.

Personally I think the Economic Collapse is going to be it. People won't stop believeing in free market capitalism until it's too late.

I didn't add zombies to the poll because that's never going to happen, but if you believe in that, I guess the option "virus/other disease" would be the correct one.

  • 11.29.2012 2:41 AM PDT

The other day I was kind of considering that humans will never reach space, like we're not supposed to or something. Maybe we'll Reach the moon or Mars or something, but nothing out of our solar system. Like, if evolution compensates for that by eventually driving humanity to destroy itself or something and thus make way for new life and never even get off the planet. Maybe that's what happened to Venus, who know :(

  • 11.29.2012 2:47 AM PDT

.:[Jim Tuite]:.

Economically we could recover. Nuclear war could possibly kill off humanity.

  • 11.29.2012 2:50 AM PDT

"You know the music. Time to dance"
"and laugh, and laugh, and laugh."
[Edited on 12.25.2009 12:52 AM PST]

What do you mean by "our civilization?"

  • 11.29.2012 2:54 AM PDT

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Posted by: FoxHoundNinja 8
What do you mean by "our civilization?"
"the world as we know it". You can make your own conclusions from that.

  • 11.29.2012 2:57 AM PDT
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  • 11.29.2012 2:59 AM PDT
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Regardless of how liberal the flood is, I think we can agree that there is such a thing as being too liberal. The major states of the west seem as if they will fall into anarchy as the order in society becomes more lax and apart from those in the anarchy pillaging and looting, there will also be political reforms from new emergent factions struggling for control to either restore peace via control or just to conquer

  • 11.29.2012 3:06 AM PDT

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Posted by: Chupanebre627
The other day I was kind of considering that humans will never reach space, like we're not supposed to or something. Maybe we'll Reach the moon or Mars or something, but nothing out of our solar system. Like, if evolution compensates for that by eventually driving humanity to destroy itself or something and thus make way for new life and never even get off the planet. Maybe that's what happened to Venus, who know :(
Don't know about the Venus part, but I have thought about this too. On one hand I want to and try to be optimistic about the future. We can reach the stars at some point. But only if we survive long enough. And I'm not sure if we are going to, we'll probably kill ourselves if some kind of natural disaster doesn't do it first.

  • 11.29.2012 3:10 AM PDT

I'm an Anarchist. I don't need a government to be a good person, but I'm glad it's here because some of you clearly do.

I think the future of humanity depends entirely on whether or not we can figure out how to indefinitely sustain life in an independent environment - like a spaceship.

  • 11.29.2012 3:11 AM PDT

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All of the above.

  • 11.29.2012 3:22 AM PDT

Allons-y!

y no other option?


I believe humanity will eventually die only by the end of the Universe itself, that is, assuming we can travel in space within the next 200 years.

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Sometimes, I dream about cheese.

every male alive literally faps without any breaks inbtw until they die, woman will have no male to reproduce with then humanity will cease to exist within 200 years

  • 11.29.2012 3:34 AM PDT

I would say probably economically or meteor strike.

  • 11.29.2012 3:37 AM PDT

The Gandhi-French alliance battles it out against the Japanese-English Empires, while the Chinese get curb stomped by both sides. The English acquire nukes first and blow the GFs to hell, and Germany attempts an intervention, causing half their population to be blown up...

Oh, you mean in real life!

  • 11.29.2012 3:38 AM PDT

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Posted by: AlmondJoy99
y no other option?


I believe humanity will eventually die only by the end of the Universe itself, that is, assuming we can travel in space within the next 200 years.
That would be the last option I listed.

  • 11.29.2012 3:49 AM PDT

Respect skill, Not rank.

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it'll never end. we're too stubborn. like cockroaches.

  • 11.29.2012 3:53 AM PDT

The Universe demands to be noticed, to be seen, and dutifully noted.

What use all those incredible firework dimensions if no eye fixes and reflects, no brain takes notes, no heart moves with passion at the display?

NASA answers the silent cry of the Cosmos for recognition.

NASA is the witness and we fellow witnesses to the endless deeps.

The firing of the rings.




OT: I don't think that humanity will die out provided that cool heads prevail for the next 300 years or so while humanity establishes itself as a space faring species and establishes permanent, self-sustaining colonies on other planets/asteroids/moons/artificial satellites.

Interplanetary/interstellar conflict would not be as dangerous as our current situation given the distances and times involved.

If the current crop of political leaders have an IQ above that of my furniture, we won't wipe ourselves out through nuclear war for the next few generations.

  • 11.29.2012 3:54 AM PDT

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Posted by: Muffin enforcer
If the current crop of political leaders have an IQ above that of my furniture, we won't wipe ourselves out through nuclear war for the next few generations.


big if.

  • 11.29.2012 3:56 AM PDT

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Posted by: silversleek 117

Posted by: Muffin enforcer
If the current crop of political leaders have an IQ above that of my furniture, we won't wipe ourselves out through nuclear war for the next few generations.


big if.
That's one of the biggest IFs ever. I don't really trust our leader's intelligence.

  • 11.29.2012 4:02 AM PDT

Death to rank junkies.

Posted by: Make117
Let's face it: Nothing lasts forever. Our civilization, the world as we know it is going to end at some point.

Then why did you put the last option?

OT:
Zombies.

  • 11.29.2012 4:05 AM PDT

The Universe demands to be noticed, to be seen, and dutifully noted.

What use all those incredible firework dimensions if no eye fixes and reflects, no brain takes notes, no heart moves with passion at the display?

NASA answers the silent cry of the Cosmos for recognition.

NASA is the witness and we fellow witnesses to the endless deeps.


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Posted by: silversleek 117

Posted by: Muffin enforcer
If the current crop of political leaders have an IQ above that of my furniture, we won't wipe ourselves out through nuclear war for the next few generations.


big if.
That's one of the biggest IFs ever. I don't really trust our leader's intelligence.


The only issue I can see here is fanaticism - countries that really don't have anything to lose - be it religious or otherwise - which may be displayed by certain unstable countries in the Middle East.

I don't think we will see nuclear conflict between countries with more 'rational' policies that actually have things to lose (infrastructure, population, etc.) - more dangerous conflict between China/Russia/the United States appears unlikely because of MAD.

  • 11.29.2012 4:06 AM PDT

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Posted by: Melkorpwn
Posted by: Make117
Let's face it: Nothing lasts forever. Our civilization, the world as we know it is going to end at some point.

Then why did you put the last option?

OT:
Zombies.
Because some people here might disagree with me. And there's a reason I put two dots at the end of that option..

  • 11.29.2012 4:11 AM PDT

If we don't kill ourselves off with Nuclear war than i'm sure mother nature will take the reigns and kill us off with a virus.

  • 11.29.2012 4:13 AM PDT

So Says Shadroxon.

Yellowstone super volcano. It's due to erupt at any time and when it does...

Civilization. Bye-bye civilization.

  • 11.29.2012 4:20 AM PDT

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Posted by: Muffin enforcer
The only issue I can see here is fanaticism - countries that really don't have anything to lose - be it religious or otherwise - which may be displayed by certain unstable countries in the Middle East.

I don't think we will see nuclear conflict between countries with more 'rational' policies that actually have things to lose (infrastructure, population, etc.) - more dangerous conflict between China/Russia/the United States appears unlikely because of MAD.
I hope you're right. But Russia is getting stronger all the time and Putin isn't going to live forever. Hopefully he doesn't have any surprises left for us.

  • 11.29.2012 4:32 AM PDT

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