On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 02:09:16PM -0600, Levi Pearson wrote:
> it's clear that mass extinctions have occurred in the past, and it
> would really suck for humans to be among the fallen in the next
> extinction event.

Oooo... I just love speculating about the end of the human race. While
we are on the Off Topic track...

<tinfoil hat>
Sometime in the next 200 years, enough nuclear warheads will be
scattered among rogue states (which may include England, France, and
the USA) to wipe out our civilization when someone inevitably hits the
big red button.

Now that we have nuclear weapons technology, I think we need to
measure the survival prospects of the human race in terms of thousands
of years rather than billions.

Then, 100 million years from now, the descendents of rats will have
evolved enough intelligence to take our place and nuke themselves
too.

Later, rinse, repeat as necessary.

BTW, this is why SETI will never succeed.
</tinfoil hat>

Man, I'm jaded.

Mike
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