8/09/2006
The Middle East? Why do I care?
Ok, here's the deal. Knock it off. I don't care who started it, or who did what to who, or anything about anything in the past. Knock it off- you are creating conditions to allow a 3rd world war.
Here's why I care about the 3rd world war.
Humanity is much bigger than wars, much larger than violence and bombs. When a child bullies another kid, it's is the same to me as someone who pushes the button to launch a rocket to kill people.
When scientists, or when I, think about the course of life on Earth we are forced to notice many periods of slow population growth and then just as many sudden jumps from 100% to perhaps as few as 20% of the original population- mostly caused by meteorites and disease. And since we have no other planets to study, we then take a leap and wonder about the fate of intelligent populations that could be out there- focusing on how long their civilizations could last.
Since the universe is not giving up any secrets about extraterrestrial life we are forced to base our conclusions on the input we gather from planet Earth. What could possibly end life on earth? Well, think:
Further Reading
2012 Apocalypse Apophis Asteroid Armageddon Bible Code Bird Flu Doomsday Clock Eschatology End of Civilization End of the World Eta Carinae Fallout Hubble Telescope Hypothetical Disaster Manhattan Project Mayan Calendar Megatsunami Near Earth Object Nuclear Warfare Nuclear Winter Ring of Fire Shoemaker-Levy 9 Suitcase Bombs Tropical Storms Tunguska Event Ultimate Fate WMD's Yellowstone Caldera
Here's why I care about the 3rd world war.
Humanity is much bigger than wars, much larger than violence and bombs. When a child bullies another kid, it's is the same to me as someone who pushes the button to launch a rocket to kill people.
When scientists, or when I, think about the course of life on Earth we are forced to notice many periods of slow population growth and then just as many sudden jumps from 100% to perhaps as few as 20% of the original population- mostly caused by meteorites and disease. And since we have no other planets to study, we then take a leap and wonder about the fate of intelligent populations that could be out there- focusing on how long their civilizations could last.
Since the universe is not giving up any secrets about extraterrestrial life we are forced to base our conclusions on the input we gather from planet Earth. What could possibly end life on earth? Well, think:
- Famine and Drought
- Large Meteorite
- Extreme Volcanic Eruption
- Extreme Earthquake/Tsunami
- Disease
- Pollution
- World War
- Sun Explodes Earlier than we Expect
- The Unforseen
We really cannot control 1-4, we can partially control #5, and we completely control 6 and 7. And I'm hoping for a daytime event when 8 happens. And you can't forsee #9.
I'm hoping for a really awesome end to this whole thing, like, just as some idiot is launching a nuclear weapon at me there's a massive earthquake that puts up a Tsunami made of the dirt and rocks and mountains, and then some supervolcano explodes just as the nuke wails into the ground a few miles away and I get to witness it all as I'm smeared into a fine paste and the earth plunges into a nuclear winter for a billion years and ends up as airless as the moon.
"That was unforseen", said I.
Awesome.
Mike
Further Reading
2012 Apocalypse Apophis Asteroid Armageddon Bible Code Bird Flu Doomsday Clock Eschatology End of Civilization End of the World Eta Carinae Fallout Hubble Telescope Hypothetical Disaster Manhattan Project Mayan Calendar Megatsunami Near Earth Object Nuclear Warfare Nuclear Winter Ring of Fire Shoemaker-Levy 9 Suitcase Bombs Tropical Storms Tunguska Event Ultimate Fate WMD's Yellowstone Caldera
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