Possible cause to wipe out Human Beings

[Futurist]

Which is the most ominent and probable/possible one?

[grazzhoppa]

Nuke War: My number 2 choice but there will always be some government that has built a facility underground that can sustain life for a nuclear war, life will go on...if a nuke is launched, the president's (US) oval office will launch and send him to the ISS...where some cute russian cosmonaut is waiting...nevermind.

Famine: We are too far along with technology, that incase we can't grow any more food we will be able to produce it in labs....rack of lamb anyone?

AIDS: Unless a biological world war happens and this is what is spread...no it won't wipe out humanity.

Asteriod: My choice, Hollywood can't protect you and neither can NASA.

Alien Invasion: Sci-fi has distorted your mind.

Earth Quake: This is the toss up...it would have to be extremely big, I don't think something big enough to wipe out all humans is possible, but I don't know.

Why contemplate about mass death? It won't be your problem...chances of humanity getting wiped out in your lifetime is a little, just a bit better than winning the lotto.

[Thor]

ALIEN INVASION

Thats my core belief

But they won't get me..I'm getting guns....Lots of guns.....REAL BIG GUNS

*sits in the corner rocking backwards and forwards*

[Clockwood]

Asteroid Impact

Historically it has been the biggest killer of species, wiping out almost all terrestrial life on earth several times. We are allready overdue by 6 million years for another one.

This is why I think we need to get self sufficent space colonies ASAP. The largest known asteroid is ~1/4 the size of our moon. No currently available amount of explosives, solar sails, rockets, or prayer could even marginally move something like that.

Smaller rocks would be a major boon for us though. If put into earth orbit or set in a Lagrange point they could easily be mined or turned into colony ships.

[prozak]

You forgot "Religious War" on that list.

Holy War - Crusade - Jihad - "Diaspora"

[wet1]

Another cause may be the one you didn't think of. Bacteria. Strains that have become immune to present day antibiotics. Or, as some of our members might believe, that one of the governments of the world releases a test bacterium by mistake.

[Avatar]

Avatar remembers "The Andromeda Strain" by Michael Crichton

[Merlijn]

"Stupidity"! that is my answer

[airdog]

airborne ebola. it exists and all it will take is one sneezy tourist and suddenly "12 Monkeys" will seem like a history lesson.

[Adam]

I voted for the rock from space, but of course that would only work after Bruce Willis dies from old age.

[spookz]

evolution

[grazzhoppa]

I voted for the rock from space, but of course that would only work after Bruce Willis dies from old age.

Yea your right, that documentary called Armegedon really showed how much of a hero he was...wait didn't he die at the end?

[*stRgrL*]

Asteroid

[Avatar]

imo an asteroid could destroy our civilization- yes, but to destroy all humans- well- it would have to be a pretty damn big asteroid- enough to destroy our planet or to burn all oxigen.

[grazzhoppa]

One big enough to cover the earth in dust and create an ice age will do just fine.

[Adam]

Originally posted by grazzhoppa
Yea your right, that documentary called Armegedon really showed how much of a hero he was...wait didn't he die at the end?
Well, we never really saw Bruce Willis die at the end of that. We saw hi all alone with a nuke on an asteroid streaking toward Earth, just before it exploded. You never know, he might have escaped.

[Avatar]

:grins:

[wet1]

But...but...but, He's gotta escape or they can't have a sequal.

[Avatar]

probably aliens will abduct him in the last moment:rolleyes:

[Clockwood]

Evolution? That is a very optomistic view.

Mabe we can even develop sapience. Like that could ever happen. :/

[Shadowstrife911]

Famine, while it may not wipe out all of humanity it will destroy the developing world. The populations in the developing world are soaring out of control and even today they can't feed all their people- in just a few years to a decade your going to see a major historic problem.

[Pollux V]

And in honor of this problem, I shall tonight fill my stomach with food, and rejoice: for I will not be famished!

[Clockwood]

Of course, if humanity produces non-biodegradable toxins fast enough we could gradually poison the whole planet. We would have to genetically engineer life to be able to break it down or engineer ourselves to be able to cope with it.

[%BlueSoulRobot%]

How about:

A sudden overflow of weiners from a weiner delivery truck falls into the ocean, causing massive earth tremors due to the strange chemicals in the weiners. Years later, by some twisted chance (evolution, *wink*), the weiners gain sentience and combine themselves with koalas to produce the ultimate symbiotic killing machine. These weiner-controlled koalas will eventually take hold of all the world's major countries, and using penguin shock troops, will gain the insanity of every living human being through mind control.

These weiner-controlled koalas and penguins will see that humans are no longer necessary, for they produce neither good meat and are unable to be subjected to harsh labour. Thus, the species we all know as Man will be vanquished from the face of the earth.

The end. :)

[Clockwood]

then we can just change our species name. then "mans" extinction wont concern us.

[%BlueSoulRobot%]

All righty, I'd like to forward the name "Bob". We will all become the race of BOB. All hail Bob. :)

[kmguru]

Wow, asteroid is in the lead.

Do you think, if a major asteroid wipes out 99% of surface life for 2 million years and next life evolves, there will be any sign of us buried somewhere?

just two planes destroyed 100% of all copy machines and coffee makers and computers at ground zero. Add another 2 million years for all the papers and steel to disolve and eaten away by bacterias...

I wonder....

[Avatar]

I wonder also.....

[Pollux V]

There's no chance in hell all evidence of human life would be wiped away by an asteroid, unless it was like the size of the moon or something. That might create another asteroid FIELD.

[kmguru]

The new life form has to be smart enough to find it - remember the planet of the apes story....

[Clockwood]

Earth has a number of life forms that are nealy as intelligent as us. Most great apes, the elephant, and cetaciens could develop intelligence in a million year period. This shows that it is not very hard to do so.

Sadly these are all evolutionary specialists and would die before us in an extinction.

[platzapS]

humans are quite resiliant--i believe that if we can get into space with self-sufficient colonies, we could survive just about anything, unless God wills against it. Yes, I'm a Christian, but don't worry, I'm an evolutionist, too. hehe