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cstanleytech

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16. Except then you have the area around Chernobyl where life like plants and animals are

Reply to clayton72 (Reply #11)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 12:20 PM

Jan 2020

doing fine so far.
Granted there might be more mutations in the area but it has not killed all life so far.
No, for radiation to kill most if not all life I suspect it would have to be a sudden massive exposure more powerful than even our worlds entire stockpile of nukes like say a direct blast from a close GRB.

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Flu virus swap DNA immediately. There's no wiping out the infinite permutations of it. ancianita Jan 2020 #3

Impossible! Iwasthere Jan 2020 #8

Yesterday, I was reading about a super spreader dewsgirl Jan 2020 #2

We definitely need to watch this as one unlucky mutation can spell deep trouble for our species. LonePirate Jan 2020 #4

Natural viruses wiping out the entire species is unlikely especially since there are still some cstanleytech Jan 2020 #5

Well that's encouraging. I think (?) YOHABLO Jan 2020 #6

Killing a 100 million - 1 billion people is still very harmful even if the species survives. LonePirate Jan 2020 #7

This is why I hate nukes clayton72 Jan 2020 #11

Except then you have the area around Chernobyl where life like plants and animals are cstanleytech Jan 2020 #16

We have a population of 7 billion though so we could survive as a species even if 6 billion were cstanleytech Jan 2020 #14

Wiping out a high percentage of a population causes severe cultural damage csziggy Jan 2020 #17

I often wish that the disease problem had worked the other way. Coventina Jan 2020 #20

Antyhing that would have killed Europeans would have wiped out Asia and Africa, too csziggy Jan 2020 #22

Tx for the link. *Syphillis was first recorded in Europe in 1494. appalachiablue Jan 2020 #23

I never said knowledge would not be lost just that the species would likely survive. cstanleytech Jan 2020 #21

Meh, we've vastly overstayed our welcome on this planet. Coventina Jan 2020 #9

I tend to agree, grumpy old misanthrope that I am ... (nt) mr_lebowski Jan 2020 #12

Hey Mr. L! Yeah, the older I get, the more I hate my species. Coventina Jan 2020 #13

Yup! mr_lebowski Jan 2020 #15

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LOL! Thanks for the chuckle! Coventina Jan 2020 #19

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