7 scenarios that could end the world
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#7: Death Of A Star: Gamma Ray Bursts, Black Holes
Huge-ass things that WILL end us if they happen, but they're so rare that we don't really need to worry about them much. A gamma-ray burst could still happen at any time, though, we MIGHT see a black hole coming decades in advance.
#6: Intelligent Machines
Robots that are smarter than humans deciding they don't want us around anymore and decide to stab the crap out of us and/or just launch all our nukes at us.
#5: Supervolcanoes
Particularly, the one at Yellowstone. If it erupted, it would cover the whole of the United States in ash and would flood all our rivers. ANY supervolcano, however, would create problems for us, such as global nuclear winter.
#4: Asteroids
The classic extinction scenario, involving a massive asteroid that causes a global firestorm. Those who survive will inevitably starve/freeze in the post-apocolyptic world that ensues.
#3: Nuclear War
Involves us and Russia blowing each other away. Iran, North Korea, etc. are not the real threat here, it's still Russia that's the real danger, though they'll probably end up blowing us up by accident.
#2: Plague
Bird flu is mentioned here, but the real threat is a man-made virus that ravages the population of Earth, killing billions.
#1: Climate Change
Florida, New York, London, Shanghai, Bangladesh, all gone, according to Al Gore, Stephen Hawking, and a bunch of other guys. It's because we're heating up the Earth with carbon dioxide, and if we don't act now, it could be too late...
Was featured on ABC news.
So how do you guys feel about this. -
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I tink got more den 7 scenarios rite?
But 3 of what you posted is can't be helped.
Da remaining 4 are caused by humans in general. We can reduce da chances of it happening IF we are willing...... -
All this probably wont occur in our lifetimes.. or this generation.
But we should save it for our next generation..
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Not my problem, other generation's problem
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#6: Intelligent Machines
Robots that are smarter than humans deciding they don't want us around anymore and decide to stab the crap out of us and/or just launch all our nukes at us.
sound like matrix hor? 
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But it might happen lor !
Cannot be so selfish rite !
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And terminator...Originally posted by duotiga83:#6: Intelligent Machines
Robots that are smarter than humans deciding they don't want us around anymore and decide to stab the crap out of us and/or just launch all our nukes at us. sound like matrix hor?
And some other shows... -
den u pray hard tat u dun reincarnate into tat generation where it happens loh.Originally posted by alexkusu:Not my problem, other generation's problem -
wah lau.. all so selfish, think for ownself only.
What if it really do happen, we must do something to stop mah... -
theres no way to stop one la...
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can i add one more... clones invasion
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There is a minute possibility that all these can be stopped. I tokking abt theory har...Originally posted by SIMpLiFy:theres no way to stop one la...
Wait for a Star to collapsed. Chances are: a black hole will be created.
A black hole can do this: it suck everything into it.
So... if that happens, our planet either get sucked in and we die crushed into it OR the black hole suck in the flow of "time" and before we even get crushed, time slowed down to a near stop because time is no longer relavant to everything in the area of effect around the black hole and walah! Everything "stopped".
I dunno how to explain how time can be sucked into da black hole and how we can FREEZE for aeons before we die... dat 1 too chim for my mini bwain~~~
BUT I am a sci-fi freak!!! I watched all sci-fi related shows, dramas, movies.
My fav: Stargate SG-1. -
hmmmmm...Originally posted by rathcycle:#7: Death Of A Star: Gamma Ray Bursts, Black Holes
Huge-ass things that WILL end us if they happen, but they're so rare that we don't really need to worry about them much. A gamma-ray burst could still happen at any time, though, we MIGHT see a black hole coming decades in advance.
#6: Intelligent Machines
Robots that are smarter than humans deciding they don't want us around anymore and decide to stab the crap out of us and/or just launch all our nukes at us.
#5: Supervolcanoes
Particularly, the one at Yellowstone. If it erupted, it would cover the whole of the United States in ash and would flood all our rivers. ANY supervolcano, however, would create problems for us, such as global nuclear winter.
#4: Asteroids
The classic extinction scenario, involving a massive asteroid that causes a global firestorm. Those who survive will inevitably starve/freeze in the post-apocolyptic world that ensues.
#3: Nuclear War
Involves us and Russia blowing each other away. Iran, North Korea, etc. are not the real threat here, it's still Russia that's the real danger, though they'll probably end up blowing us up by accident.
#2: Plague
Bird flu is mentioned here, but the real threat is a man-made virus that ravages the population of Earth, killing billions.
#1: Climate Change
Florida, New York, London, Shanghai, Bangladesh, all gone, according to Al Gore, Stephen Hawking, and a bunch of other guys. It's because we're heating up the Earth with carbon dioxide, and if we don't act now, it could be too late...
Was featured on ABC news.
So how do you guys feel about this.
I said it many times before; our planet is long over due for a direct impact. An asteroid hitting Earth will in effect RESET all life forms - including us all.
As for Black Holes, this one is more terrifying; it will disintegrate Earth ENTIRELY. It's very proximity of about a million years away would drastically affect Earth's gravity along with all the others including our sun. Our weather systems will go crazy, and gravity having been skewed will draw us closer and closer to our sun - all life will have been long FRIED off before it comes around devouring our sun first and then Earth.
This was what a documentary explained in horrifyingly graphic details some 2 weeks ago.
Imagine being fried by our sun? I'd rather a direct hit - blink of an eye, we're history. Actually, I'd believe that something the size of our moon approaching at 40,000 k/sec will as well fry most of us as it enters our atmosphere.
By the time it impacts us, we're largely like KFC's drumsticks. -
ya i saw that documentary afew mths ago
it was quite an old 1980s documentary btw... -
...very chim leh...but can understand..lolOriginally posted by Bontakun:There is a minute possibility that all these can be stopped. I tokking abt theory har...
Wait for a Star to collapsed. Chances are: a black hole will be created.
A black hole can do this: it suck everything into it.
So... if that happens, our planet either get sucked in and we die crushed into it OR the black hole suck in the flow of "time" and before we even get crushed, time slowed down to a near stop because time is no longer relavant to everything in the area of effect around the black hole and walah! Everything "stopped".
I dunno how to explain how time can be sucked into da black hole and how we can FREEZE for aeons before we die... dat 1 too chim for my mini bwain~~~
BUT I am a sci-fi freak!!! I watched all sci-fi related shows, dramas, movies.
My fav: Stargate SG-1. -
still got 1 saying scientist invent machines that are so small that could separate atoms or electrons then that machine gone wrong gobble up everything...
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theres one more.......................
FI pressing the mass ban button... -
haha, very funny..my dentures are falling
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watch end of T3 to see how it look likeOriginally posted by rathcycle:#6: Intelligent Machines
Robots that are smarter than humans deciding they don't want us around anymore and decide to stab the crap out of us and/or just launch all our nukes at us.
So how do you guys feel about this. -
no la... more like Terminator! Especially the launching of nukes part!Originally posted by duotiga83:#6: Intelligent Machines
Robots that are smarter than humans deciding they don't want us around anymore and decide to stab the crap out of us and/or just launch all our nukes at us. sound like matrix hor?
The man-made virus scenario reminds me of Resident Evil! -
when i die, the world will end.
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I tot "When you die, YOUR world will end"...?Originally posted by digicharat:when i die, the world will end.