How much longer does humanity have?

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justincredible

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Dec 10, 2012 2:47 PM
Just curious what everyone else's thoughts are on this, both on timeframe and possible extinction event.
Dec 10, 2012 2:47pm
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Commander of Awesome

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Dec 10, 2012 2:49 PM
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Dec 10, 2012 2:49pm
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gorocks99

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Dec 10, 2012 2:50 PM
11 days
Dec 10, 2012 2:50pm
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thavoice

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Dec 10, 2012 2:52 PM
Id say another couple hundred years I would say.
Dec 10, 2012 2:52pm
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Raw Dawgin' it

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Dec 10, 2012 2:54 PM
Kill yourself and see if you find the answer. We'll all be dead long before we find out.
Dec 10, 2012 2:54pm
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Dec 10, 2012 3:12 PM
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Dec 10, 2012 3:12pm
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Abe Vigoda

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Dec 10, 2012 3:18 PM
Dec 10, 2012 3:18pm
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sleeper

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Dec 10, 2012 3:22 PM
I've actually seen studies that sperm count in males is on the decline. After a certain point, males will no longer produce enough sperm to maintain the population and thus humanity will slowly cease to exist.
Dec 10, 2012 3:22pm
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Mohican00

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Dec 10, 2012 3:29 PM
I think mankind has it in em to stick around for another few thousand years or so. That said, I have a feeling we are overdue for a very large natural catastrophe (see Yellowstone caldera)
Dec 10, 2012 3:29pm
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Dec 10, 2012 3:38 PM
I can think of one person at the office for whom I wish the answer to this question would have been NEGATIVE ONE DAY.

I'd be far less annoyed right now in that case.
Dec 10, 2012 3:38pm
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Dec 10, 2012 3:40 PM
Heretic;1339924 wrote:I can think of one person at the office for whom I wish the answer to this question would have been NEGATIVE ONE DAY.

I'd be far less annoyed right now in that case.
Story time.
Dec 10, 2012 3:40pm
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Dec 10, 2012 3:47 PM
I'm feeling a blizzard will wipe out the east coast on January 9th.
Dec 10, 2012 3:47pm
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Dec 10, 2012 3:51 PM
gorocks99;1339926 wrote:Story time.
No real story. She's just a mega-annoying moron who doesn't understand (or doesn't care) that in confined spaces everyone can hear everything above a whisper, so she never, ever shuts up. Most of what she says has nothing to do with anything relevant to what's going on.

Basically, take Justin's loud eater and replace "eater" with "babbler".
Dec 10, 2012 3:51pm
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Rotinaj

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Dec 10, 2012 3:53 PM
Heretic;1339936 wrote:No real story. She's just a mega-annoying moron who doesn't understand (or doesn't care) that in confined spaces everyone can hear everything above a whisper, so she never, ever shuts up. Most of what she says has nothing to do with anything relevant to what's going on.

Basically, take Justin's loud eater and replace "eater" with "babbler".
Piihb.
Dec 10, 2012 3:53pm
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MontyBrunswick

Dec 10, 2012 3:56 PM
I'd be impressed if we're around in 100-150 years.

Tapping too many natural resources too quickly. Science is getting outpaced by resource depletion.

I also always have a eerie feeling in the back of my mind that at anytime, a random scientist on earth could mistakenly create a weapon that makes nuclear/atom bombs look like nothing and then everything is gone instantly.
Dec 10, 2012 3:56pm
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Dec 10, 2012 3:58 PM
dlazz;1339940 wrote:I'd be impressed if we're around in 100-150 years.

Tapping too many natural resources too quickly. Science is getting outpaced by resource depletion.
And most of our resources are being dumped into tablets/smartphones that are obsolete every year. Oil will be gone in my lifetime as well.
Dec 10, 2012 3:58pm
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Tiernan

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Dec 10, 2012 3:59 PM
Aliens will visit Earth before we are extinct and I see that as a possibility in the next 50 yrs.
Dec 10, 2012 3:59pm
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justincredible

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Dec 10, 2012 4:05 PM
dlazz;1339940 wrote:I'd be impressed if we're around in 100-150 years.

Tapping too many natural resources too quickly. Science is getting outpaced by resource depletion.

I also always have a eerie feeling in the back of my mind that at anytime, a random scientist on earth could mistakenly create a weapon that makes nuclear/atom bombs look like nothing and then everything is gone instantly.
Same boat. My guess is we've got somewhere between 50-100 years left. Not sure what event will send us out. Hopefully it's quick and painless.
Dec 10, 2012 4:05pm
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Dec 10, 2012 4:07 PM
The technological singularity will make us immortal.
Dec 10, 2012 4:07pm
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MontyBrunswick

Dec 10, 2012 4:07 PM
justincredible;1339948 wrote: Hopefully it's quick and painless.
If we pray to Jesus, maybe he'll work some miracles.
Dec 10, 2012 4:07pm
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Dec 10, 2012 4:09 PM
Rotinaj;1339938 wrote:Piihb.
Eww...I'd have to cut it off and set it on fire if it ever even got close to that sow!
Dec 10, 2012 4:09pm
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Dec 10, 2012 4:14 PM
as pessimistic as I am, humans will be on this planet a long long time yet still. The Earth, no matter what we think we are doing to it, will survive for another 5 billion years and die in a fiery death inside our expanding sun. Some greenhouse gases and plastic aren't going to damage this planet at all, the cycle of the sun has more impact on temperature on this planet than we do.

Lest anyone forget, this planet has gone through countless cycles of ice ages and warming up periods, all without any kind of heavy industry to effect the climate. The idea that we have more impact than the sun is laughable.
Dec 10, 2012 4:14pm
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sleeper

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Dec 10, 2012 4:15 PM
I think we are also due for a pandemic disease that wipes out half the population.
Dec 10, 2012 4:15pm
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Dec 10, 2012 4:18 PM
justincredible;1339948 wrote:Same boat. My guess is we've got somewhere between 50-100 years left. Not sure what event will send us out. Hopefully it's quick and painless.

Teh Cubs win the WS.
Dec 10, 2012 4:18pm