Earthly life will end, just not in 2012 - SCIENCE!

My friend reckons something will happen on that date that everyone keeps mentioning in December 2012 - I can't wait until it's then to laugh in his face :p
 
Thread title is incorrect, extinction is not particularly likely to end all life everywhere on earth.
 
'Wes said:
How much have you studied about T-Rex's?
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Obviously the T Rex never honked, it's a figure of speach. They were pretty big though- even if they could not fap it to the lady dinos, sure they were tiny compared to plant eaters but a T Rex was up to about 12.4 metres long and ~6 metres tall.

Hardly small.
 
Interesting.

I will be sure to make sure I pass this knowledge to my kids, who then pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids.

I hope I got it covered.
 
What exactly is pointless about SCIENCE! ?

SCIENCE! is awesome :p


anticonscience said:
Interesting.

I will be sure to make sure I pass this knowledge to my kids, who then pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids who pass it to their kids.

I hope I got it covered.
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You missed 16 million and a few hundred thousand in there somewhere!
 
There is one problem:

Ok so we escape earth in favour for another planet somewhere, but what are the chances that that planet is totally safe.

Will we just become intergalactic travelers, great we can steal copper pipes, sell pegs and stuff on the door step and park up where ever we choose before we get moved on.
 
Why wouldn't they in some form or other?

Maybe not on Earth but elsewhere in our Milky Way galaxy at least!
 
Lol. Spacetravel my foot, certainly not to another planet. It'll all be over before we know it tbh.
 
Khaaan! said:
Why wouldn't they in some form or other?

Maybe not on Earth but elsewhere in our Milky Way galaxy at least!
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Because we have about 50 years (being optimistic) before we're out of oil.
Once we're out of oil we have no means to advance technologically, because our infrastructure is completely dependent on being able to burn the stuff.
We'll be stuck in a dark age indefinitely. That is assuming we've not all killed each other before we run out.

Good times :D
 
So you're saying Humans won't develop and adapt to alternative energy processes that replace Oil once it runs out? Some of this process is already underway around the world, Japan with their Space orbit power beaming station for example which will provide continuous solar energy for their nation.

That's the most bizarre thing I have read all week and I've read some bizarre things this week.

Sometimes I'm glad I can keep most of my thoughts logical, for the sake of the future anyway :p
 
Felix Da Housecat said:
Ok so we escape earth in favour for another planet somewhere, but what are the chances that that planet is totally safe.
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Any other planet may well have problems but if the options are either a) near certain death because of comet collisions affecting the Earth or b) trying your luck elsewhere then I reckon option b) starts to look promising.

Khaaan! said:
Why wouldn't they in some form or other?

Maybe not on Earth but elsewhere in our Milky Way galaxy at least!
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Human beings as we'd recognise them (i.e. homo sapiens sapiens) are barely 1/5 of a million years old as far as we can tell - there's a chance we, as a species, will survive for the next 16 million years but it's far from a certainty especially given our propensity for damaging our environment and each other.
 
russ0r said:
Because we have about 50 years (being optimistic) before we're out of oil.
Once we're out of oil we have no means to advance technologically, because our infrastructure is completely dependent on being able to burn the stuff.
We'll be stuck in a dark age indefinitely. That is assuming we've not all killed each other before we run out.

Good times :D
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Damn, still probably in my life time then =/
 
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