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In reply to the discussion: Global Warming: Why do people believe that humans will go EXTINCT? (Seriously) [View all]Romulox
(25,960 posts)38. It's a "metaphor". English class! nt
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Global Warming: Why do people believe that humans will go EXTINCT? (Seriously) [View all]
AverageJoe90
Aug 2012
OP
Sorry, I've never been a good speechwriter....half-decent, maybe...........=(
AverageJoe90
Aug 2012
#2
I never said I believed in the Gaia hypothesis. The planet exists-it has nothing to do with us.
hobbit709
Aug 2012
#19
Humans have far more sophisticated language, and planning abilities
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2012
#41
I think you're claiming things about the K/T extinction that are not known
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2012
#86
Global warming won't kill humanity, just our civilization. We will end up "Fallout"-style.
DetlefK
Aug 2012
#23
Because we care more for $$ and killing each other than improving our plight and future options?
hlthe2b
Aug 2012
#27
There's a group of weirdos on DU who claim we must emigrate to space, "to survive as a species".
Romulox
Aug 2012
#32
No, but *reality* does. It's as silly as anything labeled "woo" on these boards. nt
Romulox
Aug 2012
#37
It's so far beyond the present capabilities of humanity so as to be science-fantasy. That's what.
Romulox
Aug 2012
#99
Going to the moon was so far beyond the present capabilities of humanity
4th law of robotics
Aug 2012
#115
And yet we don't live on the moon, some 50 years later. Just wishing for it isn't enough. nt
Romulox
Aug 2012
#116
The technology required doesn't exist. You frame as if it does, and we've decided not to use it. nt
Romulox
Aug 2012
#128
"the governments of the world are going to have to get off their fat lazy asses"
Speck Tater
Aug 2012
#107
It's also a dubious goal. Most of humanity might prefer to preserve our actual, viable home. nt
Romulox
Aug 2012
#117
The fantasy of living in space is not equivalent to the Civil Rights movement. My god. nt
Romulox
Aug 2012
#132
There was a group of weirdos who claimed you could sail west from Europe...
Comrade Grumpy
Aug 2012
#59
There was also a group that claimed you could make gold from lead. Some people are wrong, too. nt
Romulox
Aug 2012
#98
There is no evidence that humanity can find a home in space to escape extinction on earth.
Romulox
Aug 2012
#130
I mean, why don't we just TELEPORT to our "New Eden" in the cosmos. It's *possible*, after all!
Romulox
Aug 2012
#131
Err Dinosaurs species went extinct all the time so number 1 is confusing a species and a clade
Johonny
Aug 2012
#36
Only problem with that is, there's never been a life form such as humanity before.....
AverageJoe90
Aug 2012
#96
And only 50 before the tired Godwin meme gets advertised... well played you too!
LanternWaste
Aug 2012
#77
Can't agree with that first sentence because there's no proof that that's true for ALL of them.
AverageJoe90
Aug 2012
#75
One Reason Some People Believe Global Warming Will Drive Humans to Extinction
On the Road
Aug 2012
#55
That's simple - because most of the species that ever lived have done just that
hatrack
Aug 2012
#56
Worse comes to worse, we pack the kids in the car with a few 12 packs of water and some seeds...
Junkdrawer
Aug 2012
#91