On 31 October 2013 12:13, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > Of course if there are 7 billion people it's more likely there will be > survivors than if there are only few million. But an asteroid strike could > easily be big enough to wipe-out all terrestrial life bigger than > bacteria. We have the concept now, but we don't have any ability to do > anything about it and we probably still won't fifty years from now. >
But we might in 100 years, or 200, if we continue to advance technologically, which still gives us a good chance of averting any impending impacts. Whereas if we revert to, say, a Medieval level of technology, we'll have no chance whatsoever. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
