Starvation, then we revert to eating corpses, then disease that contracted from the digestion of corpses.
How will the Human race end? (No zombies allowed)
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I like how they said "no zombies allowed"
OT The way I think the human race will end will be over expansion then not enough resources to support ourselves. Or a super virus that will kill almost all of us.
OT The way I think the human race will end will be over expansion then not enough resources to support ourselves. Or a super virus that will kill almost all of us.
I don't see the human race doomed any time soon. We will lose a very significant fraction of our total population. But there will be enough of us left to sustain the gen-pool. Wetter civilization will collapse or not I don't know.
I vote gray goo. That is, the speculative theory that nanobots will ultimately end up bugged, reproducing uncontrollably and turning the whole planet into a huge blob of nanotech. Not because I believe that, but because it's more entertaining.
(On a more serious note, I expect that human civilization as we know it, if not the entire species, will die out from a lack of resources. Clean water, in particular, might present a big challenge in the future.)
(On a more serious note, I expect that human civilization as we know it, if not the entire species, will die out from a lack of resources. Clean water, in particular, might present a big challenge in the future.)
Whatever it is, it won't be super advanced A.I., apparently:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2011/01/20/why-im-not-afraid-of-the-singularity/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2011/01/20/why-im-not-afraid-of-the-singularity/
To actually *end* the species? Well, first you'll have to get rid of civilisation, so some sort of war would have to come first, I expect. Nuclear weapons would probably be the most likely to cause a permanent end; the actual explosions will do a great deal towards destroying the infrastructure and, if we're talking about this on a global scale, the fallout will make most of the world pretty uninhabitable.
If this doesn't destroy all life on Earth though, humans will survive, so past that you're probably gonna need some zombies.
If this doesn't destroy all life on Earth though, humans will survive, so past that you're probably gonna need some zombies.
nuclear war for definate....think about it with so many hostile nations gearing up their nukes and getting ready for "defence" check out my theory below...
September 28th 2014 21:30
Tensions have mounted beyond repair between south korea and north korea and the north launchs its weapons against the south.
September 29th 01:30
As the south desperately tries to save those that survived the nuclear fire the united nations holds an emergency meeting to discuss what they can do to try in vain to stop any further bloodshed...
September 29th 04:00
Chinese representatives refuse to cooperate with the americans over a proposed peace plan elsewhere the Russian president is assasinated by an unknown asailant as he gets into his limo to the airport
September 29th 09:00
United States president makes a world wide broadcast with British and French leaders standing either side apealing to the world to stay calm in light of recent events and tries reassure all of the scared civilians.
September 29th 10:17
Russia announces it has information proving the Chinese were involved the assassination of its president and will retaliate.
North Korean president announces to nation that he does not regret his decision over the bombing of its Southern neighbours.
South Korea announces plans at the U.N to retaliate against the North as proposed peace plan is rejected by the majority.
September 29th 15:54
Chinese M.I.Gs are shot down over South Korea after they refused to cooperate with nearby South Korean warships.
September 29th 18:22
Chinese president survives assassination attempt at his hotel room assailant to killed on site and revealed to the world as an American spy
September 29th 18:31
The United States of America denies any knowledge of the spy that was killed in China
September 29th 23:56
Britain is first nation to announce that any further attacks on South Korea and they will have no choice but to retaliate on the offending nation
September 30th 02:17
North Korea declares war on South Korea and its allies as North Korea invades the South
September 30th 06:15
South Korea severely weakened by the nuclear attack the day before surrenders its borders to the North and the South Korean president is executed by firing squad
September 30th 09:18
Britain and France declare war on North Korea in the wake of the mornings invasion
September 30th 09:20
Russia launches missiles against China in retaliation for its presidents murder the day before
September 30th 09:51
Russian missiles explode just over China after being caught early by the Chinese military
September 30th 12:21
China declares war on Russia and its allies
September 30th 13:00
China launches its missiles against Russia
September 30th 13:56
Half of Russia is devastated by nuclear fire and more than three quaters of the population is killed or severely wounded by the bombs
September 30th 15:14
Britain launches its nuclear weapons against North Korea for its invasion and conquest of South Korea declaring the attack unjustified and unlawful
September 30th 16:03
Britains nuclear weaponary is shot down by the chinese airforce
September 30th 16:18
The United States launches its entire nuclear weaponary at China
September 30th 17:51
Just before Americas nuclear missiles hit China launched its own armourment at the States
September 28th 2015
Only a band of survivors of the great nuclear war remain just under a year after the nuclear fire spread across the world killing more than 6 billion people in less than 24 hours, those that survived were either wiped out by nuclear winter or died from radiation poisening or freezing temperatures...THE END
September 28th 2014 21:30
Tensions have mounted beyond repair between south korea and north korea and the north launchs its weapons against the south.
September 29th 01:30
As the south desperately tries to save those that survived the nuclear fire the united nations holds an emergency meeting to discuss what they can do to try in vain to stop any further bloodshed...
September 29th 04:00
Chinese representatives refuse to cooperate with the americans over a proposed peace plan elsewhere the Russian president is assasinated by an unknown asailant as he gets into his limo to the airport
September 29th 09:00
United States president makes a world wide broadcast with British and French leaders standing either side apealing to the world to stay calm in light of recent events and tries reassure all of the scared civilians.
September 29th 10:17
Russia announces it has information proving the Chinese were involved the assassination of its president and will retaliate.
North Korean president announces to nation that he does not regret his decision over the bombing of its Southern neighbours.
South Korea announces plans at the U.N to retaliate against the North as proposed peace plan is rejected by the majority.
September 29th 15:54
Chinese M.I.Gs are shot down over South Korea after they refused to cooperate with nearby South Korean warships.
September 29th 18:22
Chinese president survives assassination attempt at his hotel room assailant to killed on site and revealed to the world as an American spy
September 29th 18:31
The United States of America denies any knowledge of the spy that was killed in China
September 29th 23:56
Britain is first nation to announce that any further attacks on South Korea and they will have no choice but to retaliate on the offending nation
September 30th 02:17
North Korea declares war on South Korea and its allies as North Korea invades the South
September 30th 06:15
South Korea severely weakened by the nuclear attack the day before surrenders its borders to the North and the South Korean president is executed by firing squad
September 30th 09:18
Britain and France declare war on North Korea in the wake of the mornings invasion
September 30th 09:20
Russia launches missiles against China in retaliation for its presidents murder the day before
September 30th 09:51
Russian missiles explode just over China after being caught early by the Chinese military
September 30th 12:21
China declares war on Russia and its allies
September 30th 13:00
China launches its missiles against Russia
September 30th 13:56
Half of Russia is devastated by nuclear fire and more than three quaters of the population is killed or severely wounded by the bombs
September 30th 15:14
Britain launches its nuclear weapons against North Korea for its invasion and conquest of South Korea declaring the attack unjustified and unlawful
September 30th 16:03
Britains nuclear weaponary is shot down by the chinese airforce
September 30th 16:18
The United States launches its entire nuclear weaponary at China
September 30th 17:51
Just before Americas nuclear missiles hit China launched its own armourment at the States
September 28th 2015
Only a band of survivors of the great nuclear war remain just under a year after the nuclear fire spread across the world killing more than 6 billion people in less than 24 hours, those that survived were either wiped out by nuclear winter or died from radiation poisening or freezing temperatures...THE END
hopefully by the time all the apocalyptic stuff happens to the planet, we'll have left this stupid rock behind using star trek-like spaceships.
... but if the world did end before space travel, I'd have to guess "blowing ourselves up because nobody ever wanted to be friends with each other".
... but if the world did end before space travel, I'd have to guess "blowing ourselves up because nobody ever wanted to be friends with each other".
I doubt it will be Nukes, they really aren't all that powerful.
If they ever master anti-matter containment, that would be much more a threat.
Even if there was a nuclear war, humans in remote locations would survive quite easily, where no one would think to nuke and is too far from anywhere else that would be bombed. You'd need more nukes that we have to completely waste the entire planet and with every country reducing the amount of nuclear arms they have, that isnt going to happen any time soon at all.
I think in the end humans will just die out peacefully, no big ending, no huge explosion. Eventually we'll run out of resources and like all other animals whose habitat cant support them we'll slowly die out and something will replace us.
If they ever master anti-matter containment, that would be much more a threat.
Even if there was a nuclear war, humans in remote locations would survive quite easily, where no one would think to nuke and is too far from anywhere else that would be bombed. You'd need more nukes that we have to completely waste the entire planet and with every country reducing the amount of nuclear arms they have, that isnt going to happen any time soon at all.
I think in the end humans will just die out peacefully, no big ending, no huge explosion. Eventually we'll run out of resources and like all other animals whose habitat cant support them we'll slowly die out and something will replace us.
I honestly feel it'll be an asteroid. Or an asteroid for one continent, followed by poisoned atmosphere for everyone in the vincinity or who happens to be downwind from said continent, followed by Ice Age, followed by famine. But hey, nothing like a refresh button.
Alright, done some looking into this.Lord Kloo said:
The newly discovered microbe, strain GFAJ-1, is a member of a common group of bacteria, the Gammaproteobacteria.
Phosphorus is the chemical backbone of DNA and RNA, it is a central component of the energy-carrying molecule in all cells (adenosine triphosphate, aka ATP. Hence an ATP inhibitor would be bad.) and also the phospholipids that form all cell membranes. Arsenic, which is chemically similar to phosphorus, is poisonous for most life on Earth. Arsenic disrupts metabolic pathways because chemically it behaves similarly to phosphate.
When researchers removed the phosphorus and replaced it with arsenic the microbes continued to grow. Subsequent analyses indicated that the arsenic was being used to produce the building blocks of new GFAJ-1 cells.
So it seems they don't turn phosphorus into arsenic, they just use it instead. Similar to how you could use oak rather then pine for wooden doors I suppose. But oak isn't toxic to all other known life. Go figure.
