When do you believe the apocalypse will occur?

[Indragon]

I agree with the inevitable destruction by the sun. Well then Indragon your going to be in for a surprise 5 billion years from now.

Well, I thought the sun ruining things wasn't really counted. That's pretty much a guaranteed event. Before that, though, I can't really say - it's likely enough that the "apocalypse" will occur, but I can't say for sure.

See ya on a sunspot 5 billion years later, shadow wolf; just watch out for the guy with the surprised expression, shouldn't be too hard to miss.

I get the feeling Indragon was being facetious, anyhow.

And yes, I was

 

[PsychedelicJellyfish]

Downfall of civilisation: Potentially quite soon. Asteroid impacts or that nice volcano under Yellowstone ought to do it, or a big enough war, probably with nukes.

Extinction of humanity: Also could happen quite soon. The two above scenarios could cause it, along with a bunch of other stuff like a strong enough gamma ray burst, and besides, we're incredibly self-destructive AND we can't sustain our ever-growing population with the resources at hand.

Extinction of life: Probably not until the Sun's expansion heats up the planet to an insane degree, or until the actual destruction of the planet. Life as a whole tends to bounce back. The entire planet freezing over, gamma ray bursts and huge asteroids crashing into the planet are apparently not a problem.

Destruction of Earth: When the Sun goes bye-bye. Unless we manage to do it before then, somehow. Or we get on the wrong side of some sufficiently advanced aliens.

 

[shadow wolf]

Well I was speaking about the destruction of the Earth, not humanity. To destroy the the Earth would take something massive. On humanity side, there are to many variables that apply from self-destruction to nature's work. The Earth's destruction is inevitable, and civilization, humanity, and life on Earth the mileage can vary.

Indragon I was just playing around, wasn't serious at all.

 

[treeco123]

Extinction of humanity: Also could happen quite soon. The two above scenarios could cause it, along with a bunch of other stuff like a strong enough gamma ray burst, and besides, we're incredibly self-destructive AND we can't sustain our ever-growing population with the resources at hand.

who are you calling destructive?*holding a nuclear bomb*

don't forget black holes from particle accelerators(I know it's unlikely but it is possible)and the antimatter produced by them(even more self destructive than humans)

 

[GoombaGeek]

don't forget black holes from particle accelerators(I know it's unlikely but it is possible)and the antimatter produced by them(even more self destructive than humans)

FOOLFOOLFOOLFOOLFOOL

This is just... sort of... no.

ANTIMATTER QUOTIENT: TINY, TINY SUBMICROSCOPIC FRACTION OF A GRAM

About as destructive as the time you put vinegar and baking soda in a pop bottle and screwed on the cap.

BLACK HOLES: WHERE ARE THEY?

I'm not at the cutting edge of physics news, but I don't think they've even detected black holes. And they would evaporate. And if they didn't (which happens to be impossible) it would take trillions of years for them to gain any tangible mass.

Humanity is far more destructive than a innocuous 27-km tube under Switzerland.

 

[pirate555]

don't forget black holes from particle accelerators(I know it's unlikely but it is possible)and the antimatter produced by them(even more self destructive than humans)

When it comes to complicated scientific experiments, people seem to find necessity in adding an element of fear to the process of discovery. Even with nuclear testing in the 1940s, there were fears that a bomb that size could ignite every oxygen molecule in the world's atmosphere. It was a scientist who forecasted that. It still didn't happen...


~Pirate

 

[treeco123]

ANTIMATTER QUOTIENT: TINY, TINY SUBMICROSCOPIC FRACTION OF A GRAM

About as destructive as the time you put vinegar and baking soda in a pop bottle and screwed on the cap.

BLACK HOLES: WHERE ARE THEY?

I'm not at the cutting edge of physics news, but I don't think they've even detected black holes. And they would evaporate. And if they didn't (which happens to be impossible) it would take trillions of years for them to gain any tangible mass.

Humanity is far more destructive than a innocuous 27-km tube under Switzerland.

Not much antimatter has been made, but one atom of it can move a grain of sand. imagine what a gram of it would do. And the black hole thing was a bit stupid, but is is possible, just very unlikely and the black holes would be smaller than atoms anyway. And in trillions of years the universe would probably have ended anyway, or it would just be a massive black hole.

 

[pokehorse]

i think the world will die when the sun dies in about 3 trillion years.

 

[Josiah]

Downfall of civilisation: Potentially quite soon. Asteroid impacts or that nice volcano under Yellowstone ought to do it, or a big enough war, probably with nukes.

If I remember right, Yellowstone isn't even the biggest volcano of its kind.

 

[Mystery Dragon Fang]

Nuclear war, I declare you!

Yeah, humans are prolly going to pull something stupid. If they don't, we can always wait for a massive volcano eruption, or just give the sun some time to die.

As for the latter, we should travel to other solar systems. Make some friends, hang around, and find a safe place to stay when our own sun dies.

 

[Fameing Salimander]

the univirse will end when all the stars go out and when they cancle Seseme-street

 

[Noheart]

No one can accurately predict the end of the world.

Unless you count our Sun going nova, but that won't happen for a really long time.

 

[Drake Pokétrainer]

FOOLFOOLFOOLFOOLFOOL

BLACK HOLES: WHERE ARE THEY?

I'm not at the cutting edge of physics news, but I don't think they've even detected black holes. And they would evaporate. And if they didn't (which happens to be impossible) it would take trillions of years for them to gain any tangible mass.

They've detected black holes. You can see them if they're before a star and the light seems to be split. And matter emits giant amounts a x-rays before it disappears into a black hole. They also don't need trillions of years to get a big mass, but their starting mass has to be big. I agree with the part that CERN can't make any dangerous black holes though. The ones that are created there are way to small to do anything. Just as small as those that are formed when meteors enter the atmosphere (they only last for a few nanoseconds and are barely noticeable with sensitive equipment).

Anyways, I agree with the people that said that Earth will be destroyed when the sun grows to the size of a red giant and will swallow Earth.

 

[Riversong]

Well I voted "never", but that doesn't include the inevitable destruction from the sun and such. Just superstitious things like, say, the 2012 scenario. Wasn't sure what you meant.

I think mankind will be gone long before the earth is, anyways. I probably should have voted for "50-100+ years" ;P

 

[(s.i.e)]

whenever afrika, south america, and the middle east becomes rich and gains more power international. that oughta cause some conflicts here and there. i figure that's the point where this planet becomes too small for all of us.

 

[Jojo-]

It wont happen too soon, so don't get your hopes up just yet. ~

 

[TheMaster]

one number for ya... 2012 xD

 

[Nitro123 (PG)]

I think it will occur when the sun burns up, about 6 billion years from now.

 

[Aquanova]

when humans make something really dangerous that can kill everyone, or some kinda space catastropy like a huge asteroid striking us, ive also heard a gamma ray burst could kill us all as well, if neither of those thing happen, id say either a super drug resistant disease, a really bad nuclear war, or massive environmental damage could also do it. We truly are not inincible. Or it could end in 2012 like the mayan clander predicts, im not gonna say that isnt true because who really knows?

 

[Mewkachu]

In 3000 years.