continual rise in population in combination with the degeneration of intellect...
...think Idiocracy but with armed weapons of our past...
...think Idiocracy but with armed weapons of our past...
How will the Human race end? (No zombies allowed)
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If I had to guess I would simply think it would be engineered evolution.
In orders to survive and maximise productivity from longterm habitation and colonisation in space genetiuc engineering will obviously be the way to go.
I think the thing that will end humanity is simply the ending of what we consider to be human. Tailored genetic engineering and enhancement leading to a non-natural evolution of the species.
I mean with pronounced engineering you'll probably have large sections of the populace unable to create successful offspring with just anyone (of what is required to technically be a species) .. and eventualy this will become true for ever greater numbers of humans.
In orders to survive and maximise productivity from longterm habitation and colonisation in space genetiuc engineering will obviously be the way to go.
I think the thing that will end humanity is simply the ending of what we consider to be human. Tailored genetic engineering and enhancement leading to a non-natural evolution of the species.
I mean with pronounced engineering you'll probably have large sections of the populace unable to create successful offspring with just anyone (of what is required to technically be a species) .. and eventualy this will become true for ever greater numbers of humans.
Give it about 38,000 years of galactic expansion and incredible advances in technology followed by horrific civil war. After which the Emperor finally gives up the ghost and we are all eaten by Daemons...
But personally, I think there will some kind of Resource war and then a scrabble to mine out space with fighting factions. Not too dissimilar to some of the Gundam series.
Not my fault a Japanese person had the same idea as me.
But personally, I think there will some kind of Resource war and then a scrabble to mine out space with fighting factions. Not too dissimilar to some of the Gundam series.
Not my fault a Japanese person had the same idea as me.
Mass erotic asphyxiation, it's gonna happen. That or the frog people from the center of the earth will take their revenge for driving them underground in aeons past.
Nuclear war is not that big a deal. Destruction of a nation? Easy, no problem. Destruction of the species? Not even close.
Barring an act of super villainy, nukes would be fired at actual targets: At enemy silos to destroy their nuclear response, at military bases to destroy their military response, at industrial centers to damage production, and at population centers only if the intent is to kill people. The fact here is that even attacks on cities are not significant in long term, because cities aren't where you grow crops or get water. A nuclear attack would have to target EVERYTHING, with the purposeful intent of killing EVERYONE, to actually even have a tiny shot at it. In EVERY COUNTRY, from the great powers down to who-cares Madagascar.
To endanger our species, a threat must be both global and indiscriminate. A plague has a chance, although not a great one. Odds get better the more cosmic the scale, like an asteroid knocking the moon into Earth like a cue ball. Something messes with the planet, then yeah we're pretty much all dead, no chance for recovery, not much chance of even seeing it coming. Personally, I expect that global climate change will segue neatly into a new ice age, making trying to survive like living on the moon. As it becomes next to impossible to replenish food and heat, the population will trickle away to starvation and disease.
Barring an act of super villainy, nukes would be fired at actual targets: At enemy silos to destroy their nuclear response, at military bases to destroy their military response, at industrial centers to damage production, and at population centers only if the intent is to kill people. The fact here is that even attacks on cities are not significant in long term, because cities aren't where you grow crops or get water. A nuclear attack would have to target EVERYTHING, with the purposeful intent of killing EVERYONE, to actually even have a tiny shot at it. In EVERY COUNTRY, from the great powers down to who-cares Madagascar.
To endanger our species, a threat must be both global and indiscriminate. A plague has a chance, although not a great one. Odds get better the more cosmic the scale, like an asteroid knocking the moon into Earth like a cue ball. Something messes with the planet, then yeah we're pretty much all dead, no chance for recovery, not much chance of even seeing it coming. Personally, I expect that global climate change will segue neatly into a new ice age, making trying to survive like living on the moon. As it becomes next to impossible to replenish food and heat, the population will trickle away to starvation and disease.
Starvation, then we revert to eating corpses, then disease that contracted from the digestion of corpses.
I like how they said "no zombies allowed"
OT The way I think the human race will end will be over expansion then not enough resources to support ourselves. Or a super virus that will kill almost all of us.
OT The way I think the human race will end will be over expansion then not enough resources to support ourselves. Or a super virus that will kill almost all of us.
I don't see the human race doomed any time soon. We will lose a very significant fraction of our total population. But there will be enough of us left to sustain the gen-pool. Wetter civilization will collapse or not I don't know.
I vote gray goo. That is, the speculative theory that nanobots will ultimately end up bugged, reproducing uncontrollably and turning the whole planet into a huge blob of nanotech. Not because I believe that, but because it's more entertaining.
(On a more serious note, I expect that human civilization as we know it, if not the entire species, will die out from a lack of resources. Clean water, in particular, might present a big challenge in the future.)
(On a more serious note, I expect that human civilization as we know it, if not the entire species, will die out from a lack of resources. Clean water, in particular, might present a big challenge in the future.)
Whatever it is, it won't be super advanced A.I., apparently:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2011/01/20/why-im-not-afraid-of-the-singularity/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2011/01/20/why-im-not-afraid-of-the-singularity/
To actually *end* the species? Well, first you'll have to get rid of civilisation, so some sort of war would have to come first, I expect. Nuclear weapons would probably be the most likely to cause a permanent end; the actual explosions will do a great deal towards destroying the infrastructure and, if we're talking about this on a global scale, the fallout will make most of the world pretty uninhabitable.
If this doesn't destroy all life on Earth though, humans will survive, so past that you're probably gonna need some zombies.
If this doesn't destroy all life on Earth though, humans will survive, so past that you're probably gonna need some zombies.
nuclear war for definate....think about it with so many hostile nations gearing up their nukes and getting ready for "defence" check out my theory below...
September 28th 2014 21:30
Tensions have mounted beyond repair between south korea and north korea and the north launchs its weapons against the south.
September 29th 01:30
As the south desperately tries to save those that survived the nuclear fire the united nations holds an emergency meeting to discuss what they can do to try in vain to stop any further bloodshed...
September 29th 04:00
Chinese representatives refuse to cooperate with the americans over a proposed peace plan elsewhere the Russian president is assasinated by an unknown asailant as he gets into his limo to the airport
September 29th 09:00
United States president makes a world wide broadcast with British and French leaders standing either side apealing to the world to stay calm in light of recent events and tries reassure all of the scared civilians.
September 29th 10:17
Russia announces it has information proving the Chinese were involved the assassination of its president and will retaliate.
North Korean president announces to nation that he does not regret his decision over the bombing of its Southern neighbours.
South Korea announces plans at the U.N to retaliate against the North as proposed peace plan is rejected by the majority.
September 29th 15:54
Chinese M.I.Gs are shot down over South Korea after they refused to cooperate with nearby South Korean warships.
September 29th 18:22
Chinese president survives assassination attempt at his hotel room assailant to killed on site and revealed to the world as an American spy
September 29th 18:31
The United States of America denies any knowledge of the spy that was killed in China
September 29th 23:56
Britain is first nation to announce that any further attacks on South Korea and they will have no choice but to retaliate on the offending nation
September 30th 02:17
North Korea declares war on South Korea and its allies as North Korea invades the South
September 30th 06:15
South Korea severely weakened by the nuclear attack the day before surrenders its borders to the North and the South Korean president is executed by firing squad
September 30th 09:18
Britain and France declare war on North Korea in the wake of the mornings invasion
September 30th 09:20
Russia launches missiles against China in retaliation for its presidents murder the day before
September 30th 09:51
Russian missiles explode just over China after being caught early by the Chinese military
September 30th 12:21
China declares war on Russia and its allies
September 30th 13:00
China launches its missiles against Russia
September 30th 13:56
Half of Russia is devastated by nuclear fire and more than three quaters of the population is killed or severely wounded by the bombs
September 30th 15:14
Britain launches its nuclear weapons against North Korea for its invasion and conquest of South Korea declaring the attack unjustified and unlawful
September 30th 16:03
Britains nuclear weaponary is shot down by the chinese airforce
September 30th 16:18
The United States launches its entire nuclear weaponary at China
September 30th 17:51
Just before Americas nuclear missiles hit China launched its own armourment at the States
September 28th 2015
Only a band of survivors of the great nuclear war remain just under a year after the nuclear fire spread across the world killing more than 6 billion people in less than 24 hours, those that survived were either wiped out by nuclear winter or died from radiation poisening or freezing temperatures...THE END
September 28th 2014 21:30
Tensions have mounted beyond repair between south korea and north korea and the north launchs its weapons against the south.
September 29th 01:30
As the south desperately tries to save those that survived the nuclear fire the united nations holds an emergency meeting to discuss what they can do to try in vain to stop any further bloodshed...
September 29th 04:00
Chinese representatives refuse to cooperate with the americans over a proposed peace plan elsewhere the Russian president is assasinated by an unknown asailant as he gets into his limo to the airport
September 29th 09:00
United States president makes a world wide broadcast with British and French leaders standing either side apealing to the world to stay calm in light of recent events and tries reassure all of the scared civilians.
September 29th 10:17
Russia announces it has information proving the Chinese were involved the assassination of its president and will retaliate.
North Korean president announces to nation that he does not regret his decision over the bombing of its Southern neighbours.
South Korea announces plans at the U.N to retaliate against the North as proposed peace plan is rejected by the majority.
September 29th 15:54
Chinese M.I.Gs are shot down over South Korea after they refused to cooperate with nearby South Korean warships.
September 29th 18:22
Chinese president survives assassination attempt at his hotel room assailant to killed on site and revealed to the world as an American spy
September 29th 18:31
The United States of America denies any knowledge of the spy that was killed in China
September 29th 23:56
Britain is first nation to announce that any further attacks on South Korea and they will have no choice but to retaliate on the offending nation
September 30th 02:17
North Korea declares war on South Korea and its allies as North Korea invades the South
September 30th 06:15
South Korea severely weakened by the nuclear attack the day before surrenders its borders to the North and the South Korean president is executed by firing squad
September 30th 09:18
Britain and France declare war on North Korea in the wake of the mornings invasion
September 30th 09:20
Russia launches missiles against China in retaliation for its presidents murder the day before
September 30th 09:51
Russian missiles explode just over China after being caught early by the Chinese military
September 30th 12:21
China declares war on Russia and its allies
September 30th 13:00
China launches its missiles against Russia
September 30th 13:56
Half of Russia is devastated by nuclear fire and more than three quaters of the population is killed or severely wounded by the bombs
September 30th 15:14
Britain launches its nuclear weapons against North Korea for its invasion and conquest of South Korea declaring the attack unjustified and unlawful
September 30th 16:03
Britains nuclear weaponary is shot down by the chinese airforce
September 30th 16:18
The United States launches its entire nuclear weaponary at China
September 30th 17:51
Just before Americas nuclear missiles hit China launched its own armourment at the States
September 28th 2015
Only a band of survivors of the great nuclear war remain just under a year after the nuclear fire spread across the world killing more than 6 billion people in less than 24 hours, those that survived were either wiped out by nuclear winter or died from radiation poisening or freezing temperatures...THE END