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55 End of the World Scenarios
Windbit
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I'm sure I'm not the only one who visits Exit Mundi, but here's a heads up: Exit Mundi
For the uninitiated, Exit Mundi is a collection of ways humankind, the Earth, or the entire Universe might be wiped out. It's not as depressing as it sounds: the articles are interesting and enjoyable to read. The scenarios are separated into Any Day Now, The Near Future, The Distant Future, and Religion (it's obvious they don't take the last one too seriously; the zombie apocalypse is in that section).
So, what's it gonna be? Is Earth going to get hit by an asteroid? What if the super volcano at Yellow Stone going to blow up the western world? Maybe we won't be able to reproduce eventually? Perhaps all matter will just fizzle out? Or maybe, just maybe, Jesus will come back, denounce Christianity, and join forces with Allah to battle the armies of darkness (the Islamic Apocalypse is fascinating, by the way).
I hope no one reads these and freaks out: We're all gonna die anyway, so what's it matter how it happens?
For the uninitiated, Exit Mundi is a collection of ways humankind, the Earth, or the entire Universe might be wiped out. It's not as depressing as it sounds: the articles are interesting and enjoyable to read. The scenarios are separated into Any Day Now, The Near Future, The Distant Future, and Religion (it's obvious they don't take the last one too seriously; the zombie apocalypse is in that section).
So, what's it gonna be? Is Earth going to get hit by an asteroid? What if the super volcano at Yellow Stone going to blow up the western world? Maybe we won't be able to reproduce eventually? Perhaps all matter will just fizzle out? Or maybe, just maybe, Jesus will come back, denounce Christianity, and join forces with Allah to battle the armies of darkness (the Islamic Apocalypse is fascinating, by the way).
I hope no one reads these and freaks out: We're all gonna die anyway, so what's it matter how it happens?
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For Earth itself, it'll be consumed by the Sun eventually and, barring some terrible nuclear apocalypse, that's the only way it'll go away. It'd be really interesting, though, if some random religion unpracticed now turned out to be the real one, and all of a sudden the Gotterdammerung hits us like a brick wall.
Do they have Vogons?
― Marcus Aurelius
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But ice is also nice and will suffice.
Frosty.
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I understand the sentiment, but since this has literally never happened in the scope of human history I am just inclined to think that we are our greatest enemies and generally no one but ourselves will be our demise.
Slightly egotistical, but not a lot of evidence to the contrary in my opinion.
Sorry, that's the point I'm trying to make. Without some kind of adversity that would force us to band together and basically halt so much of the world's focus being on "shit, I want what that other guy has", we're going to probably nuke our way into the never never.
I'd prefer to be a survivor of an outside adversity than a survivor of our own shitstorm. One way lets you hold your head high, the other would tend to indicate that we really are all screwed.
The last time that happened we had McCarthyism.
Human race as fallen hero and what not. All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers, Cane and Abel kind of stuff.
There is something beautiful in the fact that virtually our only great struggles are with ourselves, it tells how infinitely strong and infinitely weak we are at the same time.
Does that make any sort of sense?
There's an excerpt. Anyone know this guy's credentials?
The last time what happened?
It makes sense from a philosophical point of view, but I can't see certain things like offplanet colonisation happening with any kind of order and true purpose without a true coming together of sorts, which I don't see happening with how the world appears to be going.
You do realize that sperm is a great deal like a virus.
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"What" would be the last time a ginormous threat made people band together.
People are dicks no matter how bad things get. They're usually WORSE when there's danger as an excuse.
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People are more likely to go to space to compete with each other so they can claim land rights before anyone else can. Hence the whole Race to the Moon thing.
The original sexually transmitted disease.
The scramble for Africa will look like a goddamn pittance compared to when we find Uranium on mars or something.
If you ask me, off planet colonization will have not a wit to do with any sort of human unity and everything about competing powers wanting to grab as much as they can. As soon as we have two sets of boots on the ground, you know lines will be drawn in the sand and there will be blood.
I know I've got a weird point of view, but I can see us being the biggest blight on the universe at large if we don't get away from this splintered, greed-centred mentality.
I mean, there are worse possibilities than humanity, but still, agh.
Space wars.
But imagine how much more kickass if the entire human race was in one military machine, rather than 10-20 splintered groups with ragtag tech.
Bring on the alien invasions if we were united. Bring the pain.
Hell, it's about time.
Yep.
I've found my new sig.
I don't get this line of thinking. What, you want humanity to gutter and die on this godforsaken rock? Don't think humanity is "worthy" of living?
"Infect" the universe? That's ridiculous. The fact that some people refer to our species as if it were some kind of debilitating plague worries me.
Fuck that, because I'm human. Yeah, we're not perfect. But I like us just fine. Go on, humanity. Spread across the stars. Entrench yourself on a hundred worlds, a thousand worlds, so that nothing will ever root you out.
Do not go gently into that cold night!
Do not go quietly, without a fight!
And show them that today
today
TODAY IS OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY
AW HAIL NO!
Ceterum autem censeo, Carthaginem esse delendam