What will trigger the end of the world?

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: jjzelinski
No option for LHC?

That's accidental stupidity.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Define:end of world

End of Human Race

Evolution. Once we're not humans anymore. Our descendants are going to be around for a hell of a long time, but we might not recognize them.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I think it will be a Genetic Famine.

Some European company tested a genetically modified crop in India that failed horribly, forcing thousands of farmers into poverty (many of them committing suicide). Not only did the crop fail, but it left no re-plantable seed.

Imagine another 50 years, and all our agriculture is based on genetically modified crops. Then 1 year, something happens to make all crops in the world fail.

It would cause a panic/riots for organic food, massive inflation - the economy will completely collapse. Lesser countries will starve to death and start war.

This is a real problem; messing around with our food supply such that it doesn't reproduce means that a company like Monsanto can potentially seriously fuck humanity.

 

[IronWing]

The Spice Girls

 

[SlitheryDee]

Witches

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
Witches

That's right, keep bumping the thread.

 

[IronWing]

Neffing

 

[l0cke]

AT switching to VB

 

[Squisher]

I imagine there might be some sort climatic crisis preceding our Sun turning a red giant, but hopefully we'll have colonized some sort of distant habitation.

Or, maybe we'll ascend into bodiless pure energy. Yeah, that would be cool.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Kadarin

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I think it will be a Genetic Famine.

Some European company tested a genetically modified crop in India that failed horribly, forcing thousands of farmers into poverty (many of them committing suicide). Not only did the crop fail, but it left no re-plantable seed.

Imagine another 50 years, and all our agriculture is based on genetically modified crops. Then 1 year, something happens to make all crops in the world fail.

It would cause a panic/riots for organic food, massive inflation - the economy will completely collapse. Lesser countries will starve to death and start war.

This is a real problem; messing around with our food supply such that it doesn't reproduce means that a company like Monsanto can potentially seriously fuck humanity.

This is 100% pure fearmongering.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: tenshodo13
Natural Disaster.

I call Gamma Ray Burst

Originally posted by: finite automaton
I'm thinking death from above (a la meteor).

There's always the guaranteed end of world scenario: When the Sun finally starts to approach its red giant phase.

Originally posted by: Kadarin
This is a real problem; messing around with our food supply such that it doesn't reproduce means that a company like Monsanto can potentially seriously fuck humanity.

And you'd better believe that they are fully aware of that, and not in a good way.

 

[manowar821]

Originally posted by: pkananen
who no option for religious event?

Fairy-tales can't kill, only their followers have that power.

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Aberforth

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Define:end of world

End of Human Race

Evolution. Once we're not humans anymore. Our descendants are going to be around for a hell of a long time, but we might not recognize them.

Nope, they'll be arguing that they didn't evolve from us because there will still be human running around, and they'll do this on their intergalactic-mesh.

 

[SparkyJJO]

It'll end on schedule. Whatever that schedule is.

 

[jagec]

Natural disasters, but slow ones...the world will slowly get less and less hospitable towards human life as we know it.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Other: A hardon collision.

 

[Lurknomore]

He seems to have an idea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...ZR8KzM&feature=related

 

[Baked]

Captain Planet gone wild.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

*fart*

Nope, not that.

 

[Jeff7]

Damn, someone on The Daily Show said that Obama is the Antichrist/Beast, and will bring on the end of the world. And he'll almost certainly be in office in 2012....hmm.

 

[Amused]

When the sun becomes a red giant and swallows us up.

 

[TwiceOver]

I'm going to go with Natural Disasters: Shit from space.

 

[sdifox]

Some stupid mistake. Chernobyl writ large.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: Whitecloak
the USA

Indeed, wars it is

A big, worldwide nuclear or other war will probably be the end of the human race. A natural disaster would have second place on the list of possibilities.

 

[Aberforth]

somebody voted for ET's.