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Question: How will humans drive themselves to extinction?
Drastic climate change/pollution - 1 (12.5%)
WMD use by nation states (nuclear, chemical, biological, etc) - 3 (37.5%)
WMD use by random individual/organization (e.g. genetically engineering killer virus in homemade lab once that tech is cheap enough) - 0 (0%)
A.I. eradicating us for some reason - 0 (0%)
Transcendance (we evolve ourselves to the point where we're no longer considered human) - 4 (50%)
Other (explain) - 0 (0%)
Total Voters: 8

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July 17, 2013, 11:27:22 AM
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I'm begging the question here, but I don't see any imminent extinction dangers except those caused by humans.
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July 17, 2013, 11:32:42 AM
Last edit: July 17, 2013, 11:51:57 AM by zackclark70
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50-50 nuke or bio


will end up like fallout/metro last light  Smiley

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July 17, 2013, 11:36:54 AM
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I don't think we'll go extinct because our planet is still pretty big but I certainly think a cluster fucked Fallout style scenario is entirely possible. I'd agree with either Bio weapons or nuclear, it also won't matter if it's a private organisation or state for me because it all it takes is for a few batshit crazy people to have the launch codes and we're screwed but I voted state because they tend to have the most insane and corrupt people.

We'll still survive, but chances are it will be on the outskirts of civilisation and away from the major cities because those will be the first targets by whoever decides to launch the weaponry, I think the Fallout game minus the ghouls is a pretty realistic depiction of life after Armageddon.
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July 17, 2013, 11:36:59 AM
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Every species are dying due to natural conditions ... But humans are here for a couple of centuries. We can have still a few million of years before we all die Smiley

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July 17, 2013, 11:39:56 AM
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People are far too numerous and spread out to go extinct any time soon.

It seems it did nearly happen once already though when the world population was about 100,000 and it crashed by 90%.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory#Genetic_bottleneck_theory

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July 17, 2013, 12:14:22 PM
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I don't think we'll go extinct because our planet is still pretty big but I certainly think a cluster fucked Fallout style scenario is entirely possible. I'd agree with either Bio weapons or nuclear, it also won't matter if it's a private organisation or state for me because it all it takes is for a few batshit crazy people to have the launch codes and we're screwed but I voted state because they tend to have the most insane and corrupt people.

We'll still survive, but chances are it will be on the outskirts of civilisation and away from the major cities because those will be the first targets by whoever decides to launch the weaponry, I think the Fallout game minus the ghouls is a pretty realistic depiction of life after Armageddon.
Kinda agree

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