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Originally Posted by Robair
Maybe the event is yet to happen? When the Sun eventually has had enough and cooks us all as it heads into Red Giant Phase.
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Well maybe it is yet to come and certainly indulging speculation as to what the future may hold is rather enjoyable.
I speculate that unfortunately that humans will like so many other species be casualties of some mass extinction event. There have been say five mass extinctions of decent magnitude wherein some 90 % of species have been wiped out and maybe 20 other extinction events that have taken out species but left .any others.
Really there can be no question that is the most likely future we can expect and one wonders that being the only species to have existed that if informed can totally comprehend the inevitable then why we are not totally focused upon placing a few bets on at least the Moon and Mars...it is rather negligent in looking after humans of the future.
Lets face it if we were to direct attention away from wasting resourses on industries devoted to unestablished beliefs that promote superstition and stop the waste of playing games and were organised into a global unit to achieve a goal of creating environments on the Moon and Mars it would take no time at all.
Go to the Moon and Mars and create under ground environments...Cant be difficult really.
Then if the Earth goes into 100 years of volcanic eruption we have somewhere...or a space rock drops in...no one cares and so humans can only join the list of once most successful species that disappeared for ever.
I can see such a spread of humans and then there is the next solar system...too far away..well no the limitation is the lack of imagination to plan trips that may take more than one generation to reach another planet in another solar system. We have the resourses they just need reallocation.
Lets be serious about the life after death mentality, drop it and work on simply extending the life of a human to the mythical ages commonly referred to in some of our ancient stories. Cant be done..why not.. it is doable.
Lets make the next most important thing humans living happily under the surface of our Moon and neighbour Mars sending vessels to our next colony.
Alex