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ladjf

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24. All true. And there are other possibilities. Yet,

Thu Apr 2, 2015, 04:02 PM

Apr 2015

I think it is beneficial for humans to clearly realize that life on Earth has a definite "shelf life" based on immutable laws of physics
rather than some vague subjective notions about how life will end. And it sure as hell isn't going to happen in few hundred years.

Even a nuclear Holocaust wouldn't kill everyone, just change the demographics drastically.

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How Americans think the world will end, in charts [View all] eridani Apr 2015 OP

Alien Zombies Kalidurga Apr 2015 #1

I can't recall, but I think there's a stage of solar evolution a few billion years down the road Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #2

Well I won't be around for the end days. Kalidurga Apr 2015 #3

Commie-Nazi Zombies!! Coventina Apr 2015 #11

Most likely, Climate Change rock Apr 2015 #4

I doubt climate change yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #27

civilization forsaken mortal Apr 2015 #39

What you said rock Apr 2015 #43

Nuclear war? They tried that in the movies and it didn't work. nt el_bryanto Apr 2015 #5

Well, people are silly. RedCappedBandit Apr 2015 #6

At least Climate Change is equal to Judgement Day CanonRay Apr 2015 #7

The Sun will kill everything on Earth in about 900 million years. nt ladjf Apr 2015 #8

yup, when our sun goes nova, earth ends. PowerToThePeople Apr 2015 #18

All true. And there are other possibilities. Yet, ladjf Apr 2015 #24

Here is a political philosophic map explaining various idealogues Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 #9

All of the above. ieoeja Apr 2015 #10

It'll probably be a combination of that stuff. Calista241 Apr 2015 #12

False Vacuum Collapse Amishman Apr 2015 #13

How 'bout a giant asteroid? Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2015 #14

I vote "Lord Asriel's even-crazier followers start blasting interdimensional portals MisterP Apr 2015 #15

Destroyed by the Vogons Spirochete Apr 2015 #16

Excellent! hifiguy Apr 2015 #29

constipation olddots Apr 2015 #17

How about the sun running out of hydrogen in a few billion years? hatrack Apr 2015 #19

How do they define the world ending? NCTraveler Apr 2015 #20

The awakening of Cthulu, and the vengance of the Old Ones. Erose999 Apr 2015 #21

I'm leaning to multiple causes MosheFeingold Apr 2015 #22

If the Yellowstone super volcano lets go... VScott Apr 2015 #23

I have no doubt we will be responsible for our own demise. lpbk2713 Apr 2015 #25

Moon Nazis, of course. hifiguy Apr 2015 #26

Pick your Era Bosonic Apr 2015 #28

Americans ignore space aliens at their own peril! HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #30

It's actually the wrong question nichomachus Apr 2015 #31

I think it is pretty elitist to think the end of upaloopa Apr 2015 #32

Thank You ! ruffburr Apr 2015 #36

Well I would think a fairly large Asteroid yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #33

Climate Change IMO will do us in Politicalboi Apr 2015 #34

I think it will be an alien invasion of zombies and something else that will land on Earth... KansDem Apr 2015 #35

Gray goo / Pandemic lumberjack_jeff Apr 2015 #37

In a few billion years, the sun will expand to a red giant start. Agnosticsherbet Apr 2015 #38

fossil fuels forsaken mortal Apr 2015 #40

The world will end when the sun expands and turns it into space dust tularetom Apr 2015 #41

I think I took this survey. bigwillq Apr 2015 #42

I belong to yougov too marlakay Apr 2015 #44