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In reply to the discussion: NASA-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for 'irreversible collapse'? [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)37. They must be figuring in Apophis visiting and knocking out satellites and in 2029 before it returns
in 2036 to destroy civilization as we know it and lead us into a new dark age.
In other words, SPLAT!
Neil DeGrasse Tyson on the time table:
His admonitions, so that the universe will not laugh its ass off at our going extinct:
In the meantime, we'd better vote out the anti-science idiots who believe they will be raptured out of here, for a hell of a lot more reasons than a one in 250K chance of SPLAT.
They will not be raptured, but they will stop the rest of us in the reality based community from taking any measures to protect life on planet Earth. They've already given up and are voting to curry the divine's favor by telling women they are just vessels for errant sperm.
Or observing all calamity with glee, letting our ecosystem be destroyed just for shits and giggles, because they ain't gonna be here, or so they say.
In other words, SPLAT!
Neil DeGrasse Tyson on the time table:
His admonitions, so that the universe will not laugh its ass off at our going extinct:
In the meantime, we'd better vote out the anti-science idiots who believe they will be raptured out of here, for a hell of a lot more reasons than a one in 250K chance of SPLAT.
They will not be raptured, but they will stop the rest of us in the reality based community from taking any measures to protect life on planet Earth. They've already given up and are voting to curry the divine's favor by telling women they are just vessels for errant sperm.
Or observing all calamity with glee, letting our ecosystem be destroyed just for shits and giggles, because they ain't gonna be here, or so they say.
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NASA-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for 'irreversible collapse'? [View all]
Fumesucker
Mar 2014
OP
Well, as soon as civilization crashes we'll be back to eating melons on the plains until we turn 40
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2014
#52
yeah well we aren't going to take the necessary steps. The Mayan and Roman models apply.
Warren Stupidity
Mar 2014
#5
The focus of the report appears to be broader, resource exhuastion in general, it is a very real
Warren Stupidity
Mar 2014
#30
I know a lot more actual facts than most of the "doomers", that's for sure. nt
AverageJoe90
Mar 2014
#41
It will all be ok once we stop people from smoking, owning guns, eating olive garden, and porn
The Straight Story
Mar 2014
#14
They must be figuring in Apophis visiting and knocking out satellites and in 2029 before it returns
freshwest
Mar 2014
#37