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Human extinction (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

uplifting Wikipedia

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Forgive the cliché, but it's not a question of if but when. My money is on climate change.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The article points out that it's not a new idea ... it became fashionable back in the early 1800s. But it became completely -possible- by the time Sagan started talking about nuclear winter. That even inspired a couple of movies showing how much fun it would be.

So yeah, climate change would be a low slower. But have we been keeping our eyes on that Doomsday Clock? It reached 90 seconds to midnight 1-1/2 years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock

Climate change wud be preferable ... it at least gives us a chance to change into warmer socks, and fix the boat.