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A nuclear war won't end the human species, neither would a once-every-100M-year asteroid. Neither would a super-disease, super-volcano, super solar flare etc. H
by iwwr 16y ago
A nuclear war won't end the human species, neither would a once-every-100M-year asteroid. Neither would a super-disease, super-volcano, super solar flare etc. Human beings live everywhere on Earth, in diverse environments; technology allows us to inhabit the oceans or the underground if need be. The worst environments on Earth are still more welcoming than the best of what outer space can provide.
- martey 16y agoThe idea behind nuclear wars, asteroid strikes, or super volcanoes isn't that the events would directly kill every human being, but that their associated effects would. In all three cases, throwing large amounts of dust into the atmosphere would rapidly cool the Earth, making it more difficult for farmers to grow crops, and creating large-scale starvation. I do not disagree with you that any location on Earth is more amenable to human habitation than outer space, but I do not think that there are facts to support your claims that an event that would drastic change the Earth's climate for the worse would not affect humanity.