Thread: Lets destroy the world

I'd kinda like to be here for it. Like, imagine what would happen to the world if NASA told us that we had 48 hours to live until a massive meteor annihilated all of us?.

It'd be pure chaos.

Yeah, I like being here, for the most part, also. I guess if I didn't know the world was going to be destroyed, I wouldn't have much time to care, because by the time I found out, I'd be dead. I would care though, if I had time to think about it.

I'd probably take the 15% chance for the money, but destroy the world in 150 years well....15 Billion is a ton of money, I mean, I could always build a shutlle to Mars for humanity to survive and then return to repopulate the earth or something.

See that, only half the people say they don't want the world to get blown up.

It depends on what's in it for me. A ticket off this rock, and a doggie carrier and I'm history - and so are the rest of you.

The world is going to be destroyed. It's just a matter of when.

Think of what an honor it would be to be the last of humanity.

If you could make a billion dollars today but in 150 years from now everyone on the planet would die, would you take the money a run? [/b]

In a heartbeat...and a billion dollars would be a bit of an overkill.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Originally posted by kimpossible
It depends on what's in it for me. A ticket off this rock, and a doggie carrier and I'm history - and so are the rest of you.

Wow. Isn't that ironic!



Considering I would like to have children some day I don't wish for the world to be destroyed.
Even though we are slowly doing anyway.
Instead of a fire killing someone from smoke inhalation instantaniously, a smoker will do it ever so slowly. As we are doing to the earth

I would not choose to destroy the world in the future for anything. I belvie that life is sacred and It is my job, all of our jobs, to ensure that life has a chacne in the future. Its what we were born to do, live breed, and make sure the future can breed and survive too.

I haven't seen anything about humanity in general that is worth saving...

but then again, ur some cumputer builder technology code spitting person. not really one to say if humanity is worth saving, if i do say so myself. maybe its just u havent seen much of the humanity worth saving in that part of california, or in that business you work in . . . or maybe you have traversed the earth, and observed all the societies enough to judge wether they are worth saying. if so, correct me. but then, who is one to judge u in the first place? me, i say save the rock.

Yeah baby! Let ragnarok come!

It depends, if it would have an effect on how good an afterlife i would get, then of course not, hehe.

Alucinor, I've been trying all day to think of something about humanity in general that is worth saving, because Kim's post got me started on it, and so far I admit I haven't found anything. As an optimist, realist, and idealist, I think this is kind of worrisome.

The best I can think of is "economy," but those are squished into oblivion by governments of ignorant masses all the time.

I can think of a few specific things... such and such about that person or this and that about that group, but nothing on an aggregate.

Maybe science? Not a whole lot of humanity is interested in science.

I challenge you to name something.

Well if you take into account that half the people here are willing the doom the entire planet just to make some money, or for the fun of seeing everyone die, you might have a point.

It really is kind of sad.

Originally posted by Alucinor Architecton
but then again, ur some cumputer builder technology code spitting person. not really one to say if humanity is worth saving, if i do say so myself. maybe its just u havent seen much of the humanity worth saving in that part of california, or in that business you work in . . . or maybe you have traversed the earth, and observed all the societies enough to judge wether they are worth saying. if so, correct me. but then, who is one to judge u in the first place? me, i say save the rock.

I haven't written much code in years...

I've been to more than 20 countries and all fifty states. Does that count?

I would take a zillion dollars and then I'll pay the big destroyer to save my lovely Planet. I would say him "Hey, look at the Moon..."

We're playing a lottery indeed.

The problem is that we're caught in negative externalities:
A. John would like to save money for his kids
B. Ted does not do it
C. Ted spends all his money creating inflation
D. John has to spend all his money, due to the inflation

With pollution is the same. Country X pollutes, country Y would not like to pollute, but if Y doesn't pollute as well, it has to renounce to its economic growth.

If someone told you to stop something because it \"might\" do damage to the planet but couldn't prove it, would that stop you? [/b]

[b]
I as individual would certainly stop, but it depends on Ted.

eXistenZ

Originally posted by kimpossible
I haven't seen anything about humanity in general that is worth saving...

Truly spoken from some one who cares for nothing, or about no one...and that is why this world is right now being destoryed...for all our sakes! Thank God.

There was nothing in my post to suggest caring for "no-thing" and/or "no-one".

Humanity refers to a group.

Really - you are a prime example of what is wrong with the education system. You should still, to this day, be flunking second-grade. You don't have the reading comprehension or basic reasoning skills required for a discussion with a third-grader..

Originally posted by kimpossible
There was nothing in my post to suggest caring for \"no-thing\" and/or \"no-one\".

Humanity refers to a group.

Really - you are a prime example of what is wrong with the education system. You should still, to this day, be flunking second-grade. You don't have the reading comprehension or basic reasoning skills required for a discussion with a third-grader..

Spoken like a true Sadducee, and are you not a member of that same group? But, please correct me if I am wrong, and are you not an equal product of that same educational system which you claim produced me, ‘a sub par in comprehension?’ Even more so because you have placed yourself on a higher pinnacle than the rest of us in this forum, claiming to be our ‘superior intellect’?

When in fact all of you’re replies are but adolescent jabs at those whom do not agree with your limited assertions, having no real educational purposes. And, for you to malign the very educational system to which you have dedicated multiple years of you life too, and which has given you ‘this vast intellectual advantage’ over all the rest of us, is even more of a reinforcement of your mental invalidity, and also being of that same ‘education system’ which has given you this unstable deficiency ?

Boy, talks about you’re non-sequitur!

The Rev.

I think you two just proved his point.

Originally posted by Ex Nine
I can think of a few specific things... such and such about that person or this and that about that group, but nothing on an aggregate.

I challenge you to name something.

So you can think of specific things that make humans worth saving, but nothing about humans in general? Allright, I can think of something.
The potential to these 'specific things' is the thing you're looking for. Not all humans are great artists or scientists, but all posess a potential to become something greater, and it is that potential that makes mankind in general worth saving.

Originally posted by Jalexxi

Not all humans are great artists or scientists, but all posess a potential to become something greater, and it is that potential that makes mankind in general worth saving.

Clearly some [many/most] do not possess any [measurable] great potential.

.

I was actually thinking of that, Jalexxi, but if you notice, the human race hasn't exactly been living up to its potential now has it?

I really do think human beings have a lot of potential. That's why I have such strong opinions on how dastardly we treat our children, stripping them of their natural rights and freedoms while forcing them to attend institutions of arbitrary labor for the length of their entire cogent youth.