Space/Science » in reply to If idiots remain in charge as they are today, I doubt Humanity will survive for ONE more century.

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• Surviving 1,000 centuries, can we do it ? - Raoul - 2/25/2009 4:12:05 PM
  • I think so, or at least whatever we evolove into. (n/t) - REB - 2/27/2009 5:50:45 PM
    • I think we have about a century and a half to go - mip - 3/1/2009 5:08:09 PM
      • According to J. Richard Gott the Third - Socrates II - 3/2/2009 1:53:01 PM
  • If idiots remain in charge as they are today, I doubt Humanity will survive for ONE more century. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/27/2009 12:08:23 AM
    • The idiots have always been in charge. - ER - 3/1/2009 3:51:05 PM
      • George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln - Marsby - 3/1/2009 9:13:58 PM
    • But most of our so-called leaders have been power-hungry idiots for ages - Socrates II - 2/27/2009 2:08:52 PM
      • But they did NOT have nukes. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/27/2009 5:14:48 PM
        • Lots of dictators didn't need nukes to kill millions - Socrates II - 2/27/2009 7:13:33 PM
  • Maybe it's best humanity not survive. - Jacob - 2/26/2009 4:55:50 PM
    • Baloney - Marsby - 2/28/2009 5:37:13 PM
    • I disagree. - REB - 2/27/2009 5:52:12 PM
    • Largely true. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/27/2009 12:09:06 AM
    • And another intelligent, tool using species will do better? - Socrates II - 2/26/2009 6:20:58 PM
      • Who cares. You're life will be meaningless and unknown in 1000 years anyways. (n/t) - Jacob - 2/27/2009 7:33:02 PM
        • Well, thanks for the real picker-upper - Socrates II - 2/27/2009 7:55:21 PM
  • re: Surviving 1,000 centuries, can we do it ? - gbaikie - 2/25/2009 11:01:38 PM
    • re: Surviving 1,000 centuries, can we do it ? - Mr Fibuli - 2/27/2009 4:47:27 AM
  • A relevant article in the latest New Scientist - Socrates II - 2/25/2009 8:06:18 PM
  • Re: Section 4.3. We're gonna need to monitor volcanos. (n/t) - et - 2/25/2009 7:34:20 PM
  • Psychologically probably not. - Bowser - 2/25/2009 5:53:41 PM
    • Surprisingly Incorrect - Marsby - 2/25/2009 6:32:26 PM
      • Technology is cumulative. Wisdom has to be learned all over by each person. - Bowser - 2/25/2009 6:57:30 PM
        • Almost Agree. - Marsby - 2/25/2009 7:28:53 PM
        • Extrapolate the "gun in the hands of a child" scenario. - Bowser - 2/25/2009 7:25:20 PM
        • We are merely replicating machines - Raoul - 2/25/2009 7:07:35 PM
          • What if we are one of the galaxy's "brains" - Socrates II - 2/25/2009 7:14:49 PM
    • You're looking at the wrong side of it. - TB - 2/25/2009 6:18:30 PM
      • The savannah wasn't peaceful either, as you say. That's the point. - Bowser - 2/25/2009 7:00:44 PM
  • This is like neaderthal predicting 21st century and that is less than 100K years - Sawyer - 2/25/2009 5:40:12 PM
    • re: This book is a thought exercize - Raoul - 2/25/2009 6:41:38 PM
      • Looks Like A Good One To Me - Marsby - 2/25/2009 7:17:31 PM
        • re: Looks Like A Good One To Me - gbaikie - 2/26/2009 12:36:32 AM
  • SPACESHIP EARTH - carl - 2/25/2009 5:06:38 PM
    • What if we were made by Gaia to stop deadly space impacts? - Socrates II - 2/25/2009 7:42:57 PM
      • Charlie Stross Wrong About Space Colonization and Singularity - Socrates II - 3/1/2009 5:59:30 AM