Where as a race are we going?

Question

ok we all know about global warming, we are all aware of the problems with war, economics cannot last for ever, over populated, short of food, everyone knows one day we will have to move and repopulate? so why is this not our goal now, in my opinion we have 100-200 years left here, so why not invest invest invest in science and space flight? am i wrong

Answer 1

Meltdown or h**l! Take your pick!

Answer 2

Great - give up your job and your world posessions and go and do voluntary work.  You will be given enough food and shelter to survive.

We all want a nice cuddly world, but not many actually do anythign abuot it and then wonder why the world doesn't change.

Answer 3

i would like to think we have longer than 200 years left, surely it's not that bad? the world has still so much resources to offer, even though we are consuming them at a fast rate and which is likely only to get faster, earth is far from finished, i think it would be more senseible to invest in new forms of energy and work with what we've got, it's mankind's problem but it's not un-fixable, beside's where would we go, we've yet to discover any other sustainable planets

Answer 4

In about twenty minutes I know where I'll be going...home!!

Answer 5

there is investment in space flight & science & how do you know we only have 100-200 years left??

Answer 6

the sky is falling!

settle down, kid...you assume much more than is advisable for a person of your pessimistic nature.  The human race is a much hardier creature than you're giving credit for. Yes, one day the earth may be overpopulated by humans (maybe it already is!). But this isn't a condition like overfilling a balloon with air to the point where it explodes. Nature has its own method of regulating population density within a certain ecosystem. Yes, death rates will rise and birth rates will lower and sociologists will notice but its not something your grandchildren and great grandchildren are going to concern themselves about in their everyday, normal life.

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I assure you that I did not miss the point of your question. I simply don't agree with the assumptions that you are making. An important thing to remember about the discussion your constructing is that we don't KNOW anything about the future. Furthermore, there's relatively very little that we can say we KNOW about the present or the past.

You constructed a question based upon a belief that man is a static, self-defeating creature and his doom is sealed by his very own nature. However, there have been diseases and plagues since the dawn of man and the human race had no expectations of these disasters. Yet we survived somehow. I believe man is a living, adapting life form that has endured countless trials and will continue to do so.

I am not belittling the importance of science and research, I just don't believe in such a doomsday theory. I mean do you really think that nobody thought the end of the world was near 100, 200, 1000, 3000 years ago?

Answer 7

You mean like space colonizaton or undersea?  I was curious about that myself.  From what I've seen in popular mechanics and on google we may be doing better than expected.  As for being prepared for an ELE, historically we as a race we've always procrastinated.  So I guess we wait.  But this argument has been going on for over 160 years, just be patient.  And as one poster put it so bluntly, find your small way to contribute.

Answer 8

why not just invest in what we already have and keep it good than cause it more damage on flights of fancy SAVE THE PLANET

Answer 9

So, are you suggesting that, having trashed this planet, we should move into space and find another ecosystem to destroy?  I agree that the days of 'civilization' are numbered, if only because we are incapable of returning to a lifestyle that sits in balance with our environment.  Taken at its simplest,  the environment is too damaged and we are too numerous.

So, my friend, I have to disagree with you that 'everyone knows one day we'll have to move and repopulate'.  That seems the most irresponsible course of action.  I think we either have to stop breeding and return to a population level that can survive as hunter gatherers or else we have to accept our demise.  Carbon taxes and the like are tinkering at the periphery that, at best, will delay the inevitable while making the present less acceptable.

The earth will survive and will establish a new equilibrium after us.  It is unclear which will become the dominant species.  Could rats, ants or cockroaches do worse than us?

Answer 10

we are slowly moving toward self extinction,baby!