If the human race were wiped out tomorrow...

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I mean the world would just go on without us and less species would likely become extinct so soon. You could argue that with the damage we have caused our environment... It may even be beneficial for the planet to lose its most destructive species.

What do you think?

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i agree, although id be sad to die

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I would be sad to die as well but I do see what you mean.

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I remember seeing this interesting diagram of what might happen if humans disappeared suddenly :

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On the bright side, Earth will be the subject of a cautionary tale on another planet somewhere, with an alien resembling Tom Hanks playing the lead role

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Teagan wrote: »

I remember seeing this interesting diagram of what might happen if humans disappeared suddenly :

'Mass contamination from un-maintained nuclear reactors' is suspiciously absent.

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Namaste wrote: »

I mean the world would just go on without us and less species would likely become extinct so soon. You could argue that with the damage we have caused our environment... It may even be beneficial for the planet to lose its most destructive species.

What do you think?

I wouldnt have to get up for work for a start.

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I don't think the human race could be entirely wiped out. Civilisation as we know it? Certainly. But people would find a way.

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haven't read the thread, but yes, if there were no other people by tomorrow I would have sex with a porcupine, or even a budgie eventually.

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SuzyCreamcheese wrote: »

i agree, although id be sad to die

How could you be sad if you were dead?

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Without humans there would be no one to measure and to inspect.
No one to explore and wonder.
No one to gaze up at the stars and see the beauty.
There wouldn't be much point to the universe without an intelligence to appreciate it.
I have a hangover ....

I'm convinced that 99% of the people of this world want nothing more than peace and security, so when we figure how to get rid of the 1% who cause all the death and destruction ...we'll be just fine.
A start would be the removal of the banks issuing debt based money.
If America got rid of the banking families who produce every dollar as debt ...and the money was minted and issued by the government debt free to itself ...as the constitution actually states it should be ...most of the worlds ills would be gone at the stroke of a pen.

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When I look at the shit going on in the world and the utter contempt the human race has for the very things that keep it alive, sometimes I feel these people have a point...

http://www.vhemt.org/

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Namaste wrote: »

I mean the world would just go on without us and less species would likely become extinct so soon. You could argue that with the damage we have caused our environment... It may even be beneficial for the planet to lose its most destructive species.

What do you think?

Call me biased but I wouldn't think it would be the best thing. Whilst we might not exactly be benefiting the world right now it is only through experience and advancement that we learn and with us humans being hooked up with the means to think and to create I think it'd be a very big waste.

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Maybe so but there's no way in the world that anyone can advocate the destruction of the human race. People like you Namaste care so much, why should they have to die for the mistakes made by a tiny minority?

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Some species would no doubt immediately benefit from humans' departure. However there are many endangered species maintained by people that would perish without our help. Removal of humans' would solve some problems for the planet and create others.

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Yerascrote wrote: »

Maybe so but there's no way in the world that anyone can advocate the destruction of the human race. People like you Namaste care so much, why should they have to die for the mistakes made by a tiny minority?

I'm not advocating the killing of anything... Never have and never will.

I think that it is an interesting thing to ponder.

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Aladdin wrote: »

When I look at the shit going on in the world and the utter contempt the human race has for the very things that keep it alive, sometimes I feel these people have a point...

http://www.vhemt.org/

It's possible something even worse than humankind could evolve.

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Illuminatus wrote: »

'Mass contamination from un-maintained nuclear reactors' is suspiciously absent.

I don't think it was a scientific paper - just an easy-to-understand illustration.

Do nuclear reactors have an inbuilt security that shuts itself down in the event of prolonged power outages etc? Probably.

Indrid Cold

I've thought the same thing time and again, multiple times.

To be honest, if someone offered me a magic button and said "Press it, and all humans die instantly", I can't say I definitely wouldn't.

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Namaste wrote: »

You could argue that with the damage we have caused our environment... It may even be beneficial for the planet to lose its most destructive species.

This has got to be one of the most retarded comments that I've ever read, and there's no shortage of competition. I sure as hell don't want to die in a blazing inferno, do you?

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Galaxy Song

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=44DlSj6bnn4&feature=related

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stargalaxy wrote: »

This has got to be one of the most retarded comments that I've ever read, and there's no shortage of competition. I sure as hell don't want to die in a blazing inferno, do you?

Read what I wrote.

I never condone violence... To human beings or towards non human animals (unless for survival, but that's another debate), but I don't see the harm in questioning what would happen if human beings disappeared, or comparing it to if say... Another species disappeared.

Human beings have caused more environmental damage than any other species in this era. I'm not saying "kill them all" (as pessimistic as I am about the human race), that would just be stupid.

What makes one species more special than the thousands, if not millions of species it will potentially make extinct within the next few decades?

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Namaste wrote: »

What makes one species more special than the thousands, if not millions of species it will potentially make extinct within the next few decades?

Because animals are greedy?

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Call me selfish, but I couldn't care less about it unless I'm here to observe it.

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Yerascrote wrote: »

Because animals are greedy?

Human animals aren't?

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Namaste wrote: »

What makes one species more special than the thousands, if not millions of species it will potentially make extinct within the next few decades?

We're part of it.

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Namaste wrote: »

Human animals aren't?

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No animal would ever consider extincting itself to make it's environment a better place. Survival of the dumbest. I can almost hear Darwin's silent tears.

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stargalaxy wrote: »

This has got to be one of the most retarded comments that I've ever read, and there's no shortage of competition.

Yeah, mostly because of the constant stream of fuck-wittery you spew onto the internet.

Is there a reason why you are trying to squeeze the deeply unpleasant word 'retard' into every post?

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Infinite Part Deux wrote: »

Yeah, mostly because of the constant stream of fuck-wittery you spew onto the internet.

Is there a reason why you are trying to squeeze the deeply unpleasant word 'retard' into every post?

I'm glad someone said something