Poll: How long will humans survive?

[blindthrall]

I student-taught a biology class on future human evolution, and I started the class off by handing out this poll. Most people said 50 years, which I thought chilling, if not far-fetched. My person opinion is between 500 and a thousand years. Keep in mind we've been around for about 500,000 years already. And the "evolve" option covers if we revert back to ape-men.

Notice that there is no "until 2012" option, for good reason.

 

[Radeonx]

If global warming is anything to follow, probably between 500-1000 years. But I don't care, because that will be the future generation's problem, not mine.

 

[Curtmiester]

If it's up to me, 30 more seconds. So anyone got anything personal to say?

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

Until they die
Honestly, it won't be while i'm around, so why should I think of such.

 

[Sassafrass]

Long after I have died.
And I don't plan on dying for a while yet.

 

[lasherman]

I said forever, because even if humanity eventually destroyed the world through nuclear war, and global warming, and blah blah blah, I'm sure that by the time that has happened we will have colonized another planet. To the stars!

Also, Doctor Who has shown us that humanity will be around even after all the stars have burned out, so yeah.

 

[Macgyvercas]

Until 2012.

Just kidding. I give us another 500 years, max

 

[DragonsAteMyMarbles]

If global warming is anything to follow, probably between 500-1000 years.
But I don't care, because that will be the future generation's problem, not mine.

Quite true.

Reason 1 why I'm not having children.

But think of the possibilities! You could refer to them as "Furburtinis"!

I think we'll start to die out in a couple of thousand years, but it'll take a while for us to go completely extinct.

EDIT:

Doctor Who has shown us that humanity will be around even after all the stars have burned out, so yeah.

After a million years of evolving into clouds of gas... and another million as downloads.

 

[ae86gamer]

As long as we possibly can.

 

[-Orgasmatron-]

Over 9000 years.

 

[TheFacelessOne]

500 or more, considering space aliens don't want to turn Earth and any other planets we might have colonized into truck stops.

 

[Timotei]

If it's up to me, 30 more seconds. So anyone got anything personal to say?

Yes.

[HEADING=2]ZA WARUDO![/HEADING]

OT: We will be driven off the earth by the Blue. Humanity will then commit a large scale an hero, leaving only a few behind. Life starts again.

 

[CoverYourHead]

A long long long long long long time. Seriously, we're resilient bastards. Our issue will be if we run into aliens that don't take a liking to us, then we might be in trouble... but what are the chances of that?

 

[blindthrall]

Over 9000 years.

You made funny. I laugh.

OT: We may be great survivors, but there's a chemical limit to how many times things can react to fuel our biology, especially considering how much we consume. The dinosaurs probably would have starved(or evolved into smaller, more efficient forms) even without a meteorite smacking the earth. We worry about running out of gas, but there will be a point far in the future when there's no more nitrogen in the soil, and then we can't grow crops.

 

[fix-the-spade]

As long as they outlive me, it's all good.

 

[Baron Von Evil Satan]

Well seeing as Humans have a natural instinct to survive, and technology allowing, we could well preserve our species for until the sun explodes. Even longer than that if we find other earth/mars like planets that we can spread to.

 

[Julianking93]

Probably another few hundred years like most species on the planet before.

 

[Jark212]

About 55 billion years, until were forced to abandon this universe for another...

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

I'd have to say a million years, because we probably would have extended reach beyond Earth and learned to get along after that. Then again, what do I care? I'll be waaaaay too dead to care.

 

[Internet Kraken]

I believe humans will survive far beyond any number of years I can think of.

I can't believe that people actually voted for 25 years. They must live truly bleak lives if they believe such a thing.

If global warming is anything to follow, probably between 500-1000 years. But I don't care, because that will be the future generation's problem, not mine.

Actually the results of global warming could easily arise well within your lifetime. It's foolish to ignore it on the grounds that only future generations will have to deal with it.

probably ban religion just for the hell of it along the way...

Banning religion? I doubt it will ever be possible to do such a thing.